Whats a good old instant polaroid camera?

Question

I want to get one, but i dont know a good model or year. Please help me!!!

Answer 1

Obviously any of them made by the Polaroid brand. You do know that's the brand name, correct?  

Answer 2

Polaroid has gone out of the film business, but if you want to get into a Polaroid camera, don't get a 600 type film camera. This film is no longer being made, and after supplies run out, will be gone. Make sure it is a pack film camera (peel-apart film). Fuji-film has licensed the technology for 3-1/4 x 4-1/4 pack films.

Which kind of cameras are these?

Big Swinger, Colorpack II, Land camera 100.

Check out the cameras on the Land list:

http://www.rwhirled.com/landlist/landdca...

You want the ones on the list that use the 100 type film. The 80 type films are no longer made.

Answer 3

Panasonic has got wide varieties of cameras why don you have a look at them..

Sony  is also one of the best..

Answer 4

Of the Polaroid cameras I own, the LandCamera 210, 215, 230, 440, Minute Maker, and The Reporter, I have to say that I like The Reporter the most.

The Land Camera 210, 215, 230, and 440 are nice, but finding batteries for the exact camera can sometimes be a bit difficult as the batteries are a older kind and will require some serious searching in order to find them or modifying the camera to take more recent batteries.

The Minute Maker is a decent camera, but it tends to be a bit of a battery hog.  It uses 2 AA batteries, but there's no On/Off switch save for the shutter.  From what I can tell, the meter stays on as long as there is light striking it, and there's no cap to put over the meter.  Changing the batteries would not be so difficult if they didn't place the batteries inside of the camera itself, making it necessary to remove the film if the batteries die on you. Another not so great part is that the Minute Maker only uses 80 ISO film.

The Reporter is pretty small and compact.  While it has the same battery placement of just behind the lens, it folds up and closes.  No light strikes the meter.  The rollers are easy to take out for cleaning (Cleaning the rollers is VERY important), and it's a pretty versatile little camera.  It has a tripod mount, accepts 80 ISO and 3000 ISO film, and includes a low light setting for the 3000 ISO film.  I found my Reporter at a thrift store a while ago, and it was the best $2 I've spent for a while.

All of the cameras I've mentioned use the Series 100 film, which as stated above does have a replacement in Fuji Film.  It's called FP-100C, and honestly, I can not rave about the film any more than I am right now.  The stuff is amazing.  They also have a 100 ISO black and white film (FP-100B) and a 3000 ISO black and white film (FP-3000B).

I first got into Polaroid films when I started working on emulsion lifts, and I'm happy to say that the FujiFilms work admirably well for emulsion lifts.  I've not tried Image Transfers honestly.