I've used quite a lot of Color 600 film for Polaroid, all from Impossible Project thus far (none from the new Polaroid Originals yet ... just got my first stock load of that). The film has been good.
If you're talking about the 'original' Polaroid 600 film, well, it's at least thirteen years old now and likely the battery is dead or the processing reagent is solidified. Either of those happen and cameras jam, cannot work, etc. When I've seen that sort of behavior, it generally says "stuck or frozen rollers and/or drive gears". I have sometimes been able to resurrect a camera by cleaning the film processing rollers and such with a Qtip and alcohol, but if they're frozen/corroded together, it's a dead thing. The other thing that occasionally happens is that the film 'picker' ... a little arm that pulls the film out of the film pack forward into the rollers ... has gotten bent or jammed. I don't know what that camera's actually worth now. Last time I bought a Polaroid 600 Close-Up it cost me $6, in fully working condition. I never buy a Polaroid without carrying an empty film cartridge with a good battery so I can see that at least the motors aren't seized. G — No matter where you go, there you are. > On Apr 28, 2018, at 7:16 AM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > anyone using this occasionally these days? > I bought one box to test the Spirit 600 I have before listing it on ebay.. > the pack won't even load.. won't spit out the black cover - just grinds.. > the pack is intact butI can't use it or return it would like at least most of > my money back I paid $18.99 . Can anyone use it? > > I can sell the camera for partsat least > > ann > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
