PHOTOGRAPHY: Say Bug

Camera dealers in Florida have been getting orders for the past few weeks from customers as far away as Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and New York City. Orders are pouring in because Florida is the only state where Polaroid's new, breastpocket-sized SX-70 models (TIME Cover, June 26) will be sold until next year, and camera buffs are rushing to buy it. Indeed, Polaroid itself has thousands of unsolicited orders from photographers around the U.S. Though the buyers are willing to make the $180 camera one of the hottestChristmas items in years, Polaroid and its dealers will not earn much on it....

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