@BobHorowitz @Billthoo I can confirm the older Polaroids being better. Tried bunch of the cameras, I find the older ones much more reliable. The only one I kept is the SX70 and it still works well, when I can get my hands on a good pack of film at reasonable cost.
Bob, as for your exposures, my guess would be film. I’ve seen countless results like you describe during The Impossible Project experimental film days. Chemistry in pouches not mixed correctly and/or issues with film resulting in banding and all kinds of weirdness. I found their film was the best just before they started making new cameras, and I feel like lot of the focus went away as they got into cameras. I mostly stopped shooting the film shortly after that, but still every now and then get a pack with decent results.
As for shielding the film, I just used the frog tongue. Waited for 30-60s after exposure with the photo under the tongue, then grab it at sides from below, rotating it under the tongue towards the camera (so exposed side faces down) and into a box/pouch/pocket. Not sure how the new film is, but that seemed to be sufficient back then.
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