Changing the film on your camera will give it power, if that does not work, your polaroid film may be expired, or your camera might be broken. *Polaroid Spectra System can be purchased on Amazon and eBay. Polaroid cameras are powered by a battery located inside the film catridge. Vintage photography enthusiasts shouldn’t have too much trouble finding a camera in functional condition. This particular model is not especially sought after by collectors, but it does have some value– even in non-functional condition. I sold it a few weeks later to a vintage camera collector for $25. It was a completely new camera line, and there was a corresponding new film. I picked this Polaroid Spectra (pictured above) at a local thrift store for $5. Polaroid introduced the Spectra camera system in 1986. While Polaroid no longer produces film for Spectra cameras, the Impossible Project continues to manufacture film for the cameras both in black and white and in color. Spectra cameras are thought to take higher-quality pictures than a conventional 600 Polaroid camera, due to the camera’s higher build quality and a proportionally larger print area.
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The Spectra/Image series also has many optional accessories, such as close-up lenses, special effects filters and a “law enforcement” kit. Over time, Polaroid has introduced many variants of the Spectra, but most include a ‘Quintic’ 125mm f/10 3-element plastic lens, self-timer, automatic exposure, and sonar autofocus in many cases the addition or removal of user controls is the only distinguishing characteristic between models. Polaroid Spectra ProCam (pictured to the right), which contains a folding viewfinder mechanism, is one of more desirable variants. Photo by: Tim Williams (Flickr Creative Commons) The Spectra range of cameras are better than the 600-film range, with most of the models utilizing an arc-shaped range of focusing lenses inside the body that swing across the exterior lens element to provide correct focusing, rather than adjusting the distance between internal lens elements.
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Spectra film (called ‘Image’ outside of North America) is rectangular (9.2 x 7.3 cm) rather than 600 film’s square format. Spectra film is otherwise identical to 600 film ISO speed, development method and operation remain identical. “Extensive control, accurate metering, accurate auto-focus with -get this- an actual readout of how many feet/meters away it focused in the viewfinder! I can’t recommend this camera enough for anybody who wants to use Polaroid or Impossible films.” “This is an amazing instant camera,” notes photography blogger Dan Finnen. The Polaroid Spectra System was an all-new line of cameras and had its own corresponding film.
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The manual focus defaults to infinity on this Polaroid instant film camera.Polaroid introduced the Spectra system of cameras in 1986.
The frequency standard unit of the frequency marker system was completed. The viewfinder in this instant film camera is displayed as a bright red light for easy autofocus distance readouts. ( N7onr - 391 ) RESEARCH, DESIGN, AND EXPERIMENTAL. It is also wrapped with a gripping material on the sides for added security when handling the camera. The style of the body of the Polaroid Spectra camera allows for it to fold down into a compact style for easy storage. The red light is the ready light and the green is the flash indicator light.The switch controls on the back of the Polaroid instant film camera include a timer option, autofocus on or off, flash on or off, exposure compensation, and the choice of the focus readout reading in feet or meters. Indicator lights on the control area of this Polaroid instant film camera allow the user to know when it is ready and when the flash is charged. This instant film camera uses type 1200 Polaroid film.
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