The last remaining packs of vintage Polaroid 600 out there are extremely expensive and likely have dead batteries in them. Polaroid completely shut down production of Polaroid 600 film in 2008, and sold off the last of its stock over the next few years. It traditionally used Polaroid 600 type film, which had a much higher sensitivity that made it easier to shoot indoors and in low light. Polaroid 600 cameras were one of the newest generations of Polaroid cameras, and was widespread in the 90s. If it says 600, then you have a 600 camera. There will be a sticker on it that says if the camera is 600, SX-70, or Spectra/1200. To see if your camera is a 600 type, open the slot in the front of the camera where film is loaded through. Polaroid 600 type cameras were most commonly plastic box-type viewfinder cameras, but there were a small handful of folding SLRs as well. Polaroid 600 type film is the trademark ‘square’ shape that most people associate with Polaroid cameras. This is one of the most common types of Polaroid camera out there. The sticker for this camera is on the underside of the film cartridge slot. To figure out what kind of film you need to use, see which of the following categories your camera falls under. In order to test a camera, you have to have new film cartridge to put in it. If you’re lucky enough to find a camera that still has film in it, the battery is likely long dead, so the camera can’t do anything. Polaroid is the only company that currently makes Polaroid film.īefore we dive in, you may be wondering why the camera you found just found won’t ‘turn on.’ Most Polaroid cameras don’t have batteries in the camera itself. Fuji Instax is its own system, and even Instax Square is a completely different size and shape than Polaroid. If you’re wondering if Fuji Instax film will work in vintage Polaroid cameras, I’m sorry to say it will not.

After the original recipe Polaroid film ceased production back in the 2000s, the Impossible Project/Polaroid Originals/Polaroid has cooked a new version of the film that works in Polaroid cameras new and old. You’re in luck! Polaroid/Polaroid Originals, formerly the Impossible Project, makes film for vintage Polaroid cameras. When you dust off an old instant camera in an attic, how are you supposed to find film for it? Does it even exist anymore? If it does, what kind does it take? There are many different kinds of vintage Polaroid cameras floating around out there, all of them spanning decades of production and millions of units. I’ve updated the article to reflect the change. Update April 2020 – Polaroid Originals is now just Polaroid after rebranding.

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