Mar 22, 2011 20:00 | #1 I purchased a 1967 Polaroid Land Camera 103 on E-bay, and after swapping out the old mercury battery for 2 AAA batteries, I am still only getting black boxes on the film, like the entire frame is way underexposed. The film expired in 2009, so I am assuming that is it... but just in case, could there be anything else wrong? I have the camera set to BW because it is B&W film, I have been shooting in great light and i'm getting nothing. Any ideas?
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Chippy569 Goldmember  1,851 posts Likes: 1 Joined Dec 2010 Location: Minneapolis, MN More info | Mar 22, 2011 20:21 | #2 are you sure the shutter is opening? Gear List
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Mar 22, 2011 20:36 | #3 Yes it is opening, but I just shot into a lightbulb just to see if I could get anything. I guess I need to use a flash in daylight for this film haha, because the lightbulb showed up perfectly
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Chippy569 Goldmember 1,851 posts Likes: 1 Joined Dec 2010 Location: Minneapolis, MN More info | Mar 22, 2011 20:50 | #4 might be super low iso, or a really closed aperture maybe? Gear List
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Mar 22, 2011 20:57 | #5 Yeah the only film I could find was 100 ISO, and the aperature is pinhole size, I wanna say f/42
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Chippy569 Goldmember 1,851 posts Likes: 1 Joined Dec 2010 Location: Minneapolis, MN More info | Mar 22, 2011 21:07 | #6 well there's your problem, lol. Gear List
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Jdumas Senior Member  382 posts Likes: 48 Joined Jan 2008 Location: SLC, Utah More info | Mar 22, 2011 23:20 | #7 I have a camera similar to yours but it is a 230  But it takes the same film. You should try some to this fuji film  at is really fun if you like classic looking BW photos your mom might have in an old shoe box...Samples from make shift scanner LOL  At dusk  Daylight  Indoors  The negatives are pretty cool too  Which reminds me, I have got to buy some more film. One last thing, the time between pulling the picture out and peeling the print is critical. It is the development time refer to the film instructions.
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Mar 23, 2011 00:23 | #8 Those pictures look amazing! Im gonna check out the Fujifilm 3000 iso and see if I have better luck, ill post up pictures of my prints soon
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