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A few test shots from my "new" Polaroid 250
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:59 pm    Post subject: A few test shots from my "new" Polaroid 250 Reply with quote

Lat Friday I spotted a Polaroid Land Camera 250 on local ads, and rushed out of the office to get it. I was rewarded with a mint example, with very clean Zeiss finder and perfect bellows, complete with flash, 10 flashbulbs, and a large leather black case with "Polaroid" discreetly embossed in white. I converted the battery chamber to take 3xAAA and took a few test shots to check exposure and focus.I love packfilm cameras...

Fuji FP-3000B shot around the house, and the last one Fuji FP-100C Silk at our Monumental Cemetery.












PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting, what is the film size?


PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is why people love a polaroid


PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Orio, the actual image area is 2 7/8" x 3 3/4" (7.2 x 9.5 cm), including the white borders it's nearer 9x12. There's also 4x5 film, but it's much much more expensive.

The better models for 100 packilfm, like the 100 and my 250, have glass triplets and are all metal, the ones ending in 50 have a huge Zeiss combined vf/rf, the others a split vf/rf. All are full automatic cameras, except the very expensive 180/185/190 that have Tominon lenses in regular LF shutters. But with some effort you can fit a cheap Polaroid back to almost anything: old 9x12 folders, DIY cameras, etc. you just need a lens that covers the image area.


PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ludoo wrote:
The better models for 100 packilfm, like the 100 and my 250, have glass triplets and are all metal, the ones ending in 50 have a huge Zeiss combined vf/rf, the others a split vf/rf.


Now you got me regretting I sold my 250 and left just the 100, I had them both too but 100 was cleaner, the 250 had some battery leak. Confused


PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kansalliskala wrote:
Now you got me regretting I sold my 250 and left just the 100, I had them both too but 100 was cleaner, the 250 had some battery leak. Confused


The only difference is the Zeiss vf/rf, which is very easy to swap. Keep your eyes open for a viewfinder or a totally broken camera, and with some patience you should have one to fit on your 100. Smile


PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I still need to find one of the Zeiss vf/rf ones. I do have a 210 and a 340 tho.


PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There was a lot to like in many of the Polaroids.
I have a pile of the roll-film models, picked up for nothing. These all have fine coupled rangefinders, very sturdy folding bodies and unit focusing mechanisms, and seemingly indestructible bellows. With a good lens and shutter plus a film back they make excellent large format rangefinder cameras.
And of course plenty of people convert them for that use, for 120 or 4x5 film.


PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That sofa looks so cosy, great capture!