Film Photography Podcast host Michael Raso shows you where the battery compartments are in your vintage Polaroid 100 Series Pack Camera or Polaroid Colorpack Series camera. Even though your camera's shutter may fire, the shutter will not operate without a fresh battery. ... [Read More]
Archives for April 2011
Preston James’ Vintage Polaroid 225 Automatic Land Camera
Last week I announced our first Film Photography Project “Cameras Need TLC Too” giveaway. Many cameras acquired by Film Photography Project (FPP) have suffered years of storage in dusty attics and/or have some cosmetic defects. A few smudges, scrapes and discoloration certainly do not warrant that we send a working camera to the land fill, so after thorough testing, we offer them up to our blog ... [Read More]
Cameras Need TLC Too! FPP Polaroid 225 Camera Giveaway!
This Polaroid 225 Automatic “Pack Film” Land Camera (pictured above) was purchased on e-bay. It’s a “classic” folding instant film camera that was built in 1968. Even though Polaroid Corporation stopped producing film in 2008, Fujifilm still makes both color and BW film for this camera. The e-bayer who sold it to me claimed to be the original owner and advertised it as the Polaroid Countdown 70! ... [Read More]
How to Open / Close Polaroid 100 Series Pack Camera
Film Photography Podcast host Michael Raso shows you how to open and close your vintage Polaroid Land Camera. ... [Read More]
How to Load a Polaroid Pack Camera
Film Photography Podcast host Michael Raso shows you how to load film in your Polaroid 100 Series Pack Camera, Holga with Polaroid Back or Polaroid Colorpack Series ... [Read More]
100 Polaroids – Rediscovering My Polaroid Spectra
How could I go so long without picking up my Polaroid Spectra camera? There are countless factors that added up to my leaving her on the shelf for so long. One, I had always used a Spectra in high school, so of course I felt I had to move on to something more obscure and unusual…more fitting to my age. Something like a Holga or some other hip camera with a colored flash or a wide-angle lens. ... [Read More]