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Welcome to Jim's Polaroids!
This site is an extension of my Polaroid site at http://polaroids.theskeltons.org to discuss anything Polaroid. I'll be monitoring this site and answering questions as they come up. So I'd invite you to leave comments, helpful information, or questions about your Polaroid here.
--Jim
This site is an extension of my Polaroid site at http://polaroids.theskeltons.org to discuss anything Polaroid. I'll be monitoring this site and answering questions as they come up. So I'd invite you to leave comments, helpful information, or questions about your Polaroid here.
--Jim
posted by Jim | 9:31 AM
6 Comments:
Hi Jim!
I LOVE your Polaroid site. I have an Automatic 230 that was my mother's. For some reason she doesn't want it anymore, so I've been playing with it and having a lot of fun, but I've run into a problem with my last couple of shots.
Is shutter failure a common problem with Land cameras?
I recently started using my mother's old Automatic 230 and went through one color pack of Fuji FP100C with good (if slightly dark) results:
he's waiting
big Polaroid sky, Zamora, CA
Then I loaded it up with type 667 black and white film, changed the settings on the camera accordingly (film speed = 3000) and took two photos that came out, but way too dark. After that came four more photos that because progressively darker until they are now completely black.
Has my shutter died? What is the troubleshooting process for this? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Melanie
Hi Melanie,
Try checking your battery. It seems like the shutter isn't staying open long enough, possibly because the battery is dying or dead, a common problem with cameras this old.
Hi
I found your site during my ongoing search for information on polaroid cameras. Which I must say has been one of the most informative of polaroid land cameras around.
I recently purchased a polaroid land camera 104 in the interest of doing Polaroid transfers specifically. Its in good condition but a little dusty and it had an old battery that was starting to corrode in the battery compartment My main question since I can't seem to find much information anywhere else is what is the best way to clean this kind of camera.
Thanks
Justine
This may sound stupid, but I can't figure out which pack film to put in my Land Camera 125 that I just purchased. I see that there are different sizes of film, but I can't find anything that says flat out which type of film to put in it, and I don't want to buy the wrong kind. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Justine,
Battery corrosion is not easy to deal with once it actually starts to eat the metal. I found the best way to clean it is with a moist toothbrush. If the metal is badly corroded, sandpaper can rejuvinate it. You'll need to replace the battery, which you used to be able to buy from Polaroid, but I'm not sure about that anymore. Check out what I did to replace the battery at http://polaroids.theskeltons.org/battery.htm
And Carly,
Look for Polaroid type 667 (b&w) film or 669 (colour). Act fast before they stop producing it! Polaroid is discontinuing film production at the end of 2009.
Fujifilm produces their own Polaroid pack film compatible film: FP-100C (colour), FP-3000B (b&w) and FP-100B (slow speed b&w). So far, they haven't announced any discontinuation of their product.
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