Get instant results with your Polaroid film camera.
Polaroid is a former manufacturer of instant cameras and packaged film cartridges. Unlike 35mm film photography, no negative is produced during the photographic process. The final picture, also known as the positive image, is ejected from the camera after the shutter is released. Though Polaroid halted their production of instant pack film in 2008, some of the company's remaining stock is available through online auction sites and other photographic retailers. The most common of the Polaroid films is Type 600, which is used in most fold-out handheld instant cameras.
Instructions
1. Remove the Polaroid film cartridge from its silver outer wrapper. Do not pull out any protruding tabs or remove the black safety cover from the cartridge.
2. Slide forward the locking switch on the lower-right side of the camera body to open the film loading door.
3. Position the cartridge so that the black safety cover faces up and the white and red tab faces down. Push the cartridge all the way into the camera's loading slot and close the door so that it clicks shut.
4. Remove the black safety cover once the camera ejects it. This indicates proper loading of the film cartridge.
5. Open the top of the camera and look through the viewfinder to compose your picture.
6. Adjust exposure levels and focusing distance using the sliding notches on the front of the camera body. Depress the shutter lever, located on the right side of the camera body, to take your picture.
7. Remove the photograph once the camera ejects it. Set it aside and allow it to develop undisturbed for five minutes.
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