C41
Kodak Portra 400
Kodak Portra 400 is a professional C-41 color negative film known for flexible exposure latitude, natural skin tones, and fine grain.
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The Polaroid Land 180 (1965) is the **professional all-manual** pack-film camera — no automatic exposure (vs the 100/250 series). **Mechanical Copal leaf shutter** to 1/500s, manual exposure with shutter speed and aperture control via lens-mounted controls, **Tominon 114mm f/4.5 four-element lens** (sharper than the 100's 3-element lens). No meter — you set exposure from external light meter or Sunny 16. Coupled rangefinder; same folding bellows form factor as the 100/250.
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C41
Kodak Portra 400 is a professional C-41 color negative film known for flexible exposure latitude, natural skin tones, and fine grain.
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Kodak Tri-X 400 is a classic black-and-white film known for strong tonality, visible grain, and documentary character.
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About this camera
The professional Polaroid pack-film body. Manual exposure, Tominon glass, no battery, used by Ansel Adams.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | Polaroid Type 100 pack film (8 frames per pack, 8.5×10.8 cm) |
| Lens | Tominon 114mm f/4.5, 4 elements |
| Years | 1965–1969 |
| Shutter | 1s – 1/500s + B, mechanical Copal leaf |
| Flash sync | All speeds |
| Meter | None |
| Modes | Manual |
| Focus | Rangefinder |
| Weight | 1,850 g |
| Battery | None |
Released 1965 alongside the consumer Automatic 250. The 180 was Polaroid's professional pack-film body; the 195 (1974) succeeded it with the same all-manual concept and a slightly different lens. Production volumes were modest — these were specialty bodies for working photographers.
The 180 / 195 are the only all-manual Polaroid pack-film cameras. For working photographers (Ansel Adams was an enthusiastic user, even consulting with Polaroid as a technical advisor), the manual control was essential. The Tominon 114/4.5 is sharper than the consumer 100-series lenses; the leaf shutter is more precise than the programmed automatic shutters.
For 2026 buyers, used 180 bodies command $400–900 — significantly more than the consumer 100/250 series. Pack-film availability remains the limiting factor (One Instant boutique production only).
Lens fixed. PolaPan flash gun. Original case.
Polaroid 180
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