Yashicaflex and Instamatic cameras

Polaroid Land Camera Automatic 100

Polaroid 100!

I got my model 100 today! It's a beater but it's been refurbished and converted to the 3xAAA battery usage by option8@instantoptions.com and it works! Very cool RF folder and great to have full images on the pack film.

So far it seems indoors if there is an overhead light between me and my subject then the electric eye is confused and gives me a shorter shutter speed than required. The light must go into the eye or something. Shots, as suggested in the manual, with the light behind me turn out OK with the 3000B film. I burned through a whole 10-pack of 3000B trying things.

Then I thought I'd try electronic flash with 100C film. I heard it doesn't work but it does! In fact it works almost too well, it took a few shots to dial down the flash power so my shots weren't too bright. I don't think this camera has had an electronic flash mod but somehow my old Canon Speedlite 199A flash's manual 1/60-30s mode fires at the right time while the shutter is open so I'm very pleased.

I love family Instant pictures (we used to call them Polaroids)

My wife probably doesn't want her in my blog in her pajamas but luckily few people read it ;-)

Color crops

Trusty steed

Stash of instant film by Fuji

More instant pictures

Once again I'm behind on my blog...

Another darkroom picture

Not very creative, I know...