Why is my polaroid photos coming out white?

It might be the photo paper you're using, if it's not the specified type then it doesn't seem to work right. All of the ink is in the paper and the camera prints by laser, so I would go after the paper first before investigating a new camera.

I assume they are coming out almost completely white. Here are some guesses based on my experience with 4x5 Polaroid film from decades ago. Things may have changed.

First guess: This type of film has small packets of chemicals that are popped open and spread by rollers in the camera. These chemicals develop the film. If the pinch roller's no longer squeeze tightly enough, the film will come out white. Try googling your camera name and rollers to see if others have this problem.

Second guess: Another possibility is the film was not stored properly or expired. Have you tried replacing the film?

Third guess: Not likely, because I expect this camera is fully automatic, but are you able to adjust shutter speed or aperture? The images may be over exposed if shutter speed is slow. Are there mode settings like A, T and M? If so, put the camera into A mode. When you press the button do you hear a fast and immediate click-click, or do you hear a click followed by another click shortly after?

No. They are totally different and incompatible systems, sorry.

The battery comes built into the photo pack, and all original Polaroid photo packs are so long out of date that the batteries are now dead.

The only source of newly manufactured photo packs is now The Impossible Project, but the results are different to the original Polaroid photos.

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That's entirely to be expected. ALL original Polaroid photo packs are now so far out of date that the in-built battery packs will be either completely dead or will have just enough power to eject the initial dark slide protector. Unless the camera has been modified to accept an external 6v dc power supply then there's no way to use these old photo packs reliably.

A company has been set up and is producing new photo packs though, but currently only in small batches, black and white only, and there are only 8 shots per pack instead of the original 10 shots. The material is also rather unstable, so it's a good idea to scan the photos if you want to save the images produced. Check out The Impossible Project for details.

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Batteries come as part of the photo pack and original Polaroid Photo packs are long out of production and remaining packs are all so old now that the batteries will be completely or nearly dead.

The Impossible Project have started to remanufacture monochrome photo packs, but the chemistry is very unstable and unpredictable and you only get 8 shots per pack instead of the original 10. Colour photo packs will soon be in production as well, currently only available for testing only on SX-70 cameras which use a different system to your model.

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you need to replace your ink.

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The battery is almost certainly nearly flat. It has enough power to trickle charge the flash but not enough to power the ejection rollers after the initial cover sheet. The photo packs are now long out of date so most remaining packs have flat batteries. The only fix is to convert the camera to accept an external 6v dc power supply. New photo packs in black and white only with just eight shots per pack are now available, but the material isn't very stable or predictable and is strictly for enthusiasts only. Check out The Impossible Project for details.

The other possibility is an ejection motor failure. As the cameras are worthless and plentiful and also tend to break when dismantled (entirely clip together casing which was never intended to come apart again) it's not really worth repairing them.

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In short, you can't. Not unless you change the photo pack as well, but it's no longer as simple as that.

You can no longer solve the problem with a new photo pack as they're all long out of date and out of production and so most remaining ones also have flat batteries. Those which aren't totally dead typically die completely after ejecting the protective cover sheet.

The only fix is to modify the camera to accept an external 6v power supply, but it's not that easy as the camera casing clips together and was never designed to come apart and so often the casing breaks during the modification attempt. But given that most charity/thrift shops either have a back room full of unsold (unsellable) Polaroid cameras and that they're easily obtained via FreeCycle and Freegle it's not really an issue if it takes five or six attempts to end up with one modified camera.

The supplies of photo packs are a different issue though: they're very expensive (and always were, but are now ridiculously so), no longer usually work work (except as detailed above) and are increasingly difficult to obtain as supplies continue to dry up. In practical terms, it's simply no longer worth it as the Polaroid 600 Instant Photo system is a dead photographic format.

In short, no. It's not a rechargeable battery.

You can't solve the problem with a new photo pack either as they're all long out of date and out of production and so most remaining ones also have flat batteries. Those which aren't totally dead typically die completely after ejecting the protective cover sheet.

The only fix is to modify the camera to accept an external 6v power supply, but it's not that easy as the camera casing clips together and was never designed to come apart and so often the casing breaks during the modification attempt. But given that most charity shops either have a back room full of unsold (unsellable) Polaroid cameras and that they're easily obtained via FreeCycle and Freegle it's not really an issue if it takes five or six attempts to end up with one modified camera.

The supplies of photo packs are a different issue though: they're very expensive, don't usually work unless on a modified camera and are increasingly difficult to obtain as supplies continue to dry up.