20 Most Recent Polaroid OneStep AutoFocus Instant Camera Questions & Answers

Either your camera is broken or those film packs you used have gone bad. I hope it's the later case which can be fixed by using a different film pack. Impossible Project makes new film packs for Polaroid 600 series so better use those than old expired Polaroid film packs.

What is the film expiration date? This camera uses film with a battery built into the film pack, there are two metal contacts on the film pack, use a multimeter to check for current, the film has not been made for years now, battery may be dead.

FixYa don't, as FixYa has never made any tangible products of any description.

Polaroid don't either, they ceased production a few years ago and all remaining stocks are (even more) expensive and will no longer work except in modified cameras as the built-in film batteries are now flat.

But you can get newly manufactured compatible photo packs from The Impossible Project. Click the link for details, but please bear in mind that this material is best thought of as being a different medium to the original which works in your camera. It does not produce the same results as the original film, but can produce some effects which were difficult to achieve with the original material. The website gives details, but the main one is that the film is nowhere near as fade resistant: either scan the images you wish to keep or buy their new Dry Age (dehydration) kit to preserve original images. Also you only get 8 shots per pack compared to the original 10 as the new material is slightly thicker so only 8 photos fit into the cartridge.

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either the camera is broken or try putting new film in. sometimes the film gets jammed because they are old

Over time, if it burns out. But they aren't single use bulbs.

The polaroid One Step uses what is called pack film. It is layers of paper with chemicals sandwiched between, After exposure, the fild is pulled out between rollers that spread the chemicals over the photo paper. When seperating the photo from the paper covering, the chemicals are taken away with the discard.

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 ALL original Polaroid photo packs are now so far out of date that the in-built battery packs will be either completely dead or will have just enough power to eject the initial dark slide protector.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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Polaroid OneStep cameras have the battery built-in to the film back. If you are using Polaroid 600 film, simply change the film cartridge.

It sounds like the film ejector hook is bent. The hook is located inside the filmpack space at the top slightly to the left hand side. You will have to striaghten it out. Good Luck.

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The batteries are part of the photo pack, when you change photo packs the battery changes at the same time.

Unfortunately almost all unused photo packs will now have flat batteries as they've been out of production for two and a half years now. Photo packs advertised as having been stored in a fridge will definitely have dead batteries as cold kills batteries. Photo packs kept out of a fridge may have some residual battery power, but not enough to last the full ten photos, and the chemicals may have gone stale resulting in poor quality photos.

The only solution is to modify the camera to take an external 6v power supply, such as a battery or a socket to accept a plug in DC adapter. It involves opening the camera (not easy: it's all clip together and was never designed to be dismantled) and then soldering wires to the camera's battery contacts and feeding them out through a hole drilled into the bottom of the camera. A flat Polaroid battery may have enough residual power for you to determine the contact polarity using a test meter. Get it wrong and the camera is dead, but Polaroid 600's are ten a penny at charity/thrift shops and free on FreeCycle/Freegle. Modifying the camera without dismantling it is possible, but very fiddly and you need to be careful not to let the hot soldering iron melt any of the plastic camera. It's like trying to perform keyhole surgery!

I've done this modification myself a few years ago, but last year gave the camera to an eager photography student.

Yes, The trigger closes a switch. If it didn't return the switch may still be closed, preventing further use.

If your having problems with your camera, for about 20.00 you can buy the same camera on Ebay.

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give it a try, the batteries come with the film,so if it was stored high & dry it's probably good. polaroid pack should still be around. they stopped making polaroid camera's and film.

You don't! They're actually built in to the film pack.

I asked a friend who has used a Land camera how to insert the film.

The battery is inside the film pack, the camera does not have internal batteries.

when you replace the film pack you also replace the battery.

you'll need to get into the guts of the camera and see if the shutter release is jammed. pressing the button closes a switch that advances the print motor and a cam that stops the motor when one print goes through the rollers.