The Polaroid cameras

The Empire Strikes Back

The arrival of the film pack and color for Polaroid in 1963, marks an important turning point.

Model 100's, 200's, 300's, 400's

Model 100's, 200's, 300's, 400's by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

The famous swinger model 20 was released in 1965!
I wanted to buy one with my sister. Unfortunately, my mother didn't approve. 😩
And rightly so, rollfilms weren't cheap. $$$$

swinger model 20 (1965-70) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

I made up for it years later 😁

Swinger & Colorpack (1965-1976) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

It must have been one of these I remember a demo of. My mother had gotten tired of my father's photography [he used a MF with fold-out lens, an Agfa I think] and wanted a camera of her own. So she took us kids in the tram to a department store 'in the city' [as we called the center], apparently not wanting to go to one of the photo stores round the corner.
The sales clerk made an enormous mess of the demo, wasting most of a roll without anything recognizable developing. Embarrassment on all sides. She later bought something from Kodak

😂

Followed by the very popular sx70 (1972-77)

sx70 (1972-77) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

And the sx-70 and its little friends

sx-70 et plus by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

With the Spectra as a bonus!

Spectra System (1986)

Spectra System (1986) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Spectra System onyx (1987)

Spectra System onyx (1987) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Impulse (1988)

Impulse (1988) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Captiva (1993)

Captiva (1993) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

OneStep EXPRESS (1998-2014)

OneStep EXPRESS (1998-2014) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Following Polaroid's success, Kodak launched its own range of instant cameras.

Kodak Instant by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Kodak Instant by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Kodak Instant by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

This led to the biggest lawsuit ever between the two companies!

I've seen this image or images very similar lots of times. I understand the camera is a SLR type. But what does the viewfinder look like? Does it have an eyepiece?

ps could you make a modern instant camera by combining a digital camera and a portable Instax printer into one Frankencamera?

Original and deluxe versions, are true reflex, on the other hand, the cheaper versions have a small viewfinder.
The difference between the examples can be clearly seen here.

SX70 model2 (1974-77) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

sx70 model 3 (1975-78) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Polaroid roolfilm (1948-1963)

Polaroid roolfilm (1948-1963) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr