Polaroid Land Automatic 100

Hi...

I just picked up the 'said' camera at a second hand store for $3 bux

and was wondering if someone had already posted a link on How To Use

this particular model camera, and which exact type polaroid film to

buy. If any one has any info or links to offer I would greatly

appreciate it. The camera seems to function ok, but I definatly need

some sort of instruction to be sure of that.

Thanks!

~Lauren

I received a new Polaroid Automatic 100 in 1964 as a gift. Great camera, and still usable today.

For more than you probably wanted to know about Polaroid instant cameras: The Land List

http://www.rwhirled.com/landlist/landhome.htm

I'll second the statement that these are nice cameras. While you can still buy the batteries from Polaroid, it's also easy to rewire the camera to use 2 or 3 AAA cells in a holder (depending whether it's the 4.5 V #531 or 3 V #532 battery called for); if 3 V, the 2xAAA battery holder will even fit inside the original battery compartment, with a little care. You may find you *must* rewire it; if a battery was left in it for many years, it will probably have corroded away an inch or more of the black wire so that cleaning corrosion from the connectors and installing a fresh battery doesn't bring the camera back to life.<p>

It's also cheaper to rewire it than to buy a new 531 or 532 battery...<P>

The camera will use all 660 series Polaroid films; Type 669 is identical speed to the Type 108 that was the primary fodder for that camera when it was new, 40+ years ago; Type 667 (formerly Type 107) is the super-fast B&W film that will allow hand held photography indoors without flash, and you can also (if you choose) use Type 665 to obtain a reusable negative that can be enlarged like any other sheet film negative (though there's some additional process to preserving the negative).<p>

There's more information available about pack-film Polaroids <a href="http://home.comcast.net/~jrpalma/polaroid.html">here</a>.<div></div>