I have seen some other conversions of the Highlander, but all involved converting to use 120 roll film, and to me that loses the instant nature of the camera, hence a desire to preserve that functionality. The camera I used for this conversion cost me all of $4.00. That said, they take 30-series Land picture rolls which were discontinued in the 1970s making their doorstop status understandable. Having owned a couple, they feel really good in the hand, not overly heavy like the 40-series cameras and have nice 3-element glass lenses.
I have always thought that these cameras are undervalued. The Polaroid Model 80 Highlander was an attempt by Polaroid to take their instant roll film technology and mate it with a product that was both less expensive and more compact than the larger 40-series cameras. However, with Fuji having discontinued FP-3000B and then FP-100C a few years back, making instant pack film extinct it was time to play with an alternative. I have always found it fun to tinker with the older Polaroid roll film cameras, my first conversion being a Model 150 converted to pack film and later a Model 95B converted to the same. This is a project that I have been mulling around in my head awhile.
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