I have always had a fascination with old cameras. Most of my cameras you can no longer get film for or have to hardware modify them to take sheet film or 120 film requiring a darkroom and manual development. Both of which I do not have time for. So for the past 2 years or so I have been looking at old Polaroid packfilm models. My co worker and I were talking about cameras one day and he had one. He brought it in to show me and by the end of the day he gave it to me. The down side is the battery that it takes is no longer readily available. So I had to come up with some sort of 3v power source. After reading the web I ran across one site with directions. http://option8.110mb.com/polaroid/104/104.6.php
The steps basically are remove all excess plastic and battery holder and then solder in a 2 cell AAA battery compartment.
I can not wait to try this puppy out. I am buying some Slightly Expired FujiFilm FP-100C from photo barn tomorrow. Stay tuned to some posts about my Polaroid experiments.
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hey hey where have you found that battery holder? I’m from Germany and I’m searching my ass off for it. Please help me and write me an email. It’s so annoying having the cam and the film but simply can’t use it !
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hi do you think you can post the instructions? the site you linked to seems to be down and i think many can’t wait to mod the batteries!
I did a mod to mine too. Instead of gutting the original battery compartment, I just ran double a casing to the (-) and (+) connectors of the originals and used velcro to adhere it to the back of the camera so I could still keep everything original. You can also find a battery for the original casing online. Good ingenuity there!