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I usually shoot a pack of Impossible film for my Spectra (colour) every couple of weeks, and keep a few packs handy so I don't need to keep going back to the camera store when I'm out. I just tried a pack of the Polaroid Originals film (new formula apparently) and disappointed when half the pack wound up jamming inside my camera on the way out, resulting in a dead picture. In the eight or ten packs I've shot I've had it jam twice, and to have nearly half the pack rendered useless is a letdown. I'll probably write them an email tomorrow? I don't know. Anyone else have this problem?
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Oct 29, 2017 02:04
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I really enjoy shooting the Spectra format - I've a collection of six and over time each one kind of dies. I wrote a message to Polaroid, figuring since they sell refurbished ones they must have a way to repair them, but that isn't the case. The response I got listed several reasons why this happened besides the obvious (using 30+ year old electronics being the most obvious one). The main culprit seems to be that new Spectra film is slightly thicker than old, and this burns out the motors. I'm a little bit disappointed to know that each working Spectra I own has an expiration date if I keep using it since it's probably my favourite camera to use. Then on my way home from work I pop by a pawn shop and find this tucked away in a corner - I offered the guy 75 CDN, taxes included, and he accepted it. It even had a cartridge with a few shots left and it seems to work fine (although all images came out white, which I'll attribute to an undetermined age and / or poor storage of the film, or possibly exposure if it's ever been opened). The viewfinder doesn't stay propped up but I can probably fix that, and there's no accessories whatsoever, but for the price this sells for new I'll manage, and I'll keep my Spectras for special occasions. 
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Aug 11, 2018 13:11
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