What was new about SX-70 integral film?

No peeling or timing was needed

Why could the photo develop in daylight?

An opaque layer shielded it at first

What did artists do to the soft SX-70 emulsion?

Pushed it around to make painterly images

Polaroid SX-70 Quiz: Edwin Land's Folding Instant Camera

The Polaroid SX-70 quiz opens the folding camera Edwin Land unveiled in 1972, which spat out photos that developed in daylight. Play 10 interactive questions on integral film, the motorized ejection, the folding SLR design, emulsion manipulation art, Ansel Adams and the revival of instant film.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Inventor
Who led Polaroid's creation of the SX-70?
Year
In which year was the SX-70 introduced?
Fold
What made the SX-70 easy to carry?
Type
What kind of camera was the SX-70?
Film
What was new about SX-70 integral film?
Eject
How did each photo leave the camera?
Develop
Why could the photo develop in daylight?
Art
What did artists do to the soft SX-70 emulsion?
Adams
Which landscape photographer advised Polaroid?
Revival
What happened after Polaroid stopped making film in 2008?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who led Polaroid's creation of the SX-70?
Answer: Edwin Land
He founded Polaroid in 1937.
Q2: In which year was the SX-70 introduced?
Answer: 1972
Land showed it to shareholders that year.
Q3: What made the SX-70 easy to carry?
Answer: It folded flat
It could slip into a coat pocket.
Q4: What kind of camera was the SX-70?
Answer: A folding single-lens reflex
Users looked through the main lens.
Q5: What was new about SX-70 integral film?
Answer: No peeling or timing was needed
Each print developed on its own.
Q6: How did each photo leave the camera?
Answer: A motor pushed it out
A battery sat inside each film pack.
Q7: Why could the photo develop in daylight?
Answer: An opaque layer shielded it at first
The image slowly appeared.
Q8: What did artists do to the soft SX-70 emulsion?
Answer: Pushed it around to make painterly images
This is called emulsion manipulation.
Q9: Which landscape photographer advised Polaroid?
Answer: Ansel Adams
He tested many Polaroid films.
Q10: What happened after Polaroid stopped making film in 2008?
Answer: The Impossible Project revived it
New film runs in old cameras.

Polaroid Sx-70 Quiz – Edwin Land's Folding Instant Camera

Edwin Land founded Polaroid and released the first instant camera in 1948. Early instant prints had to be peeled apart and timed, but Land wanted a camera that simply produced a finished picture.

The SX-70 arrived in 1972. It folded flat, worked as a single-lens reflex and used integral film: a motor pushed each print out, and an opaque layer protected it while the image slowly appeared in daylight.

Artists loved the format, and some pressed the soft emulsion to make painterly images. After Polaroid ended film production in 2008, the Impossible Project revived it, and many SX-70s still take pictures today.

What This Quiz Teaches

Photography fans will enjoy these questions.

Who invented the SX-70
How the camera folded
What made the film special
How artists used it
How film was revived

Did You Know?

The camera body was covered in leather and chrome.
Each film pack held ten photos.
A battery inside the pack powered the camera.
Walker Evans used an SX-70 late in life.
Instant photos are popular again today.