I have not used this camera in years and assume that film battery is dead - green light flashes and also wondering if tab is not on the film - how do I get out. Is there a place other than film to put battery thanks Mary Anne

your battery life cell is dead that is y it is showing green light.Replace wit new battery and your camera will work fine.thanks

The 3 flashing red lights indicate low battery power! This could be because of low battery power (all 4 batteries must be good), the battery contacts in the camera are poor, the make of battery being used (try different make of battery)

Unless you got your film from The Impossible Project, then there's no such thing any more as new Polaroid film. There is a lot of overpriced and unused old stock though which is all so long out of date that the batteries (built into the film pack) are all now effectively dead. Often the photo chemicals are stale as well, although if the film has been kept refrigerated (and you only have the sellers word for that) the chemicals may be fine but the battery will still be dead as cold kills batteries.

You have no way to save the current film pack, but to continue to use your camera in future you can either modify it to accept an external 6v d.c power supply (battery pack or mains adapter) or buy film from The Impossible Project.

I hope that my reply has given you suitable options for the continued use of your camera. Please take a moment to rate my answer.

Battery is dead - replace it

Hi Amber,

Yes, you would need film. The film pack contains the battery that powers the camera.

For reference, see:

http://www.polaroid.com/media/document/one600jobpro_ug.pdf

Thanks for using Fixya.

All Polaroid films come with a built in battery, but as they're all out of date now it's difficult to find a photo pack with anything other than a flat (or nearly flat) battery. If you can find one with a good battery then the film itself has normally degraded and produces unpredictable results. On balance, it's usually best to buy film packs which have been stored in a cool place or even refrigerated although this means the battery will always be effectively dead. Power is then supplied by modifying the camera (see below).

Flash depends upon which Polaroid camera model you have. Some had a built-in flash in the folding lens cover and definitely need a good battery to work. Unfortunately you'll find that any photo packs capable of powering the flash will certainly become exhausted before all ten photos have been taken. Other models used a Flip Flash bar: a strip of ten flash bulbs which could only be used once. They only need a tiny trigger voltage as the flash light is produced by igniting an encased magnesium filament. Unused Flip Flashes are scarce items as they have been out of production for a very long time, but they can be found by simply asking on your local FreeCycle/Freegle group as folks often have them lurking at the back of drawers and cupboards.

The issue regarding flat batteries can be addressed by modifying the camera to take an external 6v battery: basically you need to open the camera up and solder a couple of wires to the battery contacts inside the camera. These can then be fed through a hole drilled in the casing (which is then sealed and made light-proof) to a suitable battery holder. Some folks use four AA or AAA batteries, I used an old Lithium Polymer battery from a dead mobile phone as it's smaller, lighter and rechargeable.

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Sounds like a broken gear or linking arm. It will cost as much to fix as to replace. You now have a very nice Minolta paperweight, lol.
Those neat little film cameras are now a thing of the Ebay, LOL. Since many are dumping them for digital, they're quite available at good prices now.

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These cameras have the battery built in to the instant photo cartridge; every time a new cartridge is loaded the camera therefore gets a fresh battery as well.

Stored in cool, dry conditions the cameras will last a very long while. I've owned one since 1978 and last used it around 1983 but when I ran a film pack through it last year it worked perfectly.

The only thing which may cause a problem is if the grease on internal moving parts dries out, but there aren't many such parts, just a motor and very simple photo eject mechanism. Not like the myriad of tiny precision parts in a regular film camera which may jam under such circumstances.

In short, the most of the remaining Polaroid cameras should long outlast the availability of the instant photo packs which are no longer in production and which do not stay fresh forever.

Regarding the issue of "the light is not on when i open it" you'll need to state which exact model you're referring to and which light. The only one which I'm aware of was the flash ready light on the later models which had a built in flash forming part of the camera lens cover.

there is no battery in the camera. the battery comes from the film. the film has a battery in it already. you MUST have film in the camera for the light to go on and the flash to go off. all polaroid camera's are the same. you must have the film in the camera for it to work.

I also have the same problem.

Does anyone know the solution?