Well it's too late for last month's #ShittyCameraChallenge but here's a picture from my Polaroid.
Add: this may be the final picture from that poor excuse for a camera. To be clear, this picture is okay. But the camera - or maybe the film - has been misfunctioning to the point where only 1 picture in an 8-pack ends up usable. I have 1 shot left in the current pack, then I'm done.
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Explaining my Polaroid problem further...
Of the 7 photos taken with this 8-pack, 5 had dark, un-developed or under-developed stripes covering the left side the photo. Some but not all of the photos had places where the emulsion turned brown.
Unrelated to the above, one of the 7 was so badly overexposed it was impossible to tell what I had photographed. It was a white mess.
On the other hand, yesterday's photo of the two chairs was in the middle of the pack... and it turned out okay. So I am not sure I can blame the age of the film for the problem.
The film pack was stored in the fridge for 4 months prior to use. The bad photos were taken over the course of the 3 weeks the film was in the camera, at room temperature, post refrigeration.
Bad film? Bad shutter? Dirty rollers (they were recently cleaned). Dunno. But considering all the other problems I've had with the camera (mostly severe over or under-exposure), I'm ready to give up.
Edit: a possible answer from Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Polaroid/comments/pkepi9/what_did_i_do_wrong/
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@BobHorowitz, the Reddit sounds like a probable explanation.
I've not looked elsewhere but the Polaroid literature all seems to say room temperature for storage. My experience with Polaroid is very scant and only just beginning, having scorned them when I was younger.
On a related note, I just had some fun testing a ProPack camera with some Polaroid 107 B&W that expired in 1977. I might start a band called Caustic Jelly.
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@roguemusiclab The reddit picture/problem certainly matched mine to a T. And the explanation seemed reasonable. Well, I have a store credit at BestBuy and there's nothing else on my wish list that they carry, so one more pack of film seems likely.
1977 film? That's crazy!
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@BobHorowitz, I would also recommend cleaning the rollers. I found watered down dish soap with a q-tip worked reasonably well. I was able to clean up both the ProPack and my SX-70.
Here's the worst of the 1977.
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@roguemusiclab That is one hot 🔥 mess, James.
Jeez chuckles
And yes, before the next pack I will re-clean the rollers. I used alcohol two packs ago. I'll try diluted dish soap this time.
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