# Loading an old Polaroid camera: help!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loading-an-old-polaroid-camera-help/454920>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 1, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loading-an-old-polaroid-camera-help/454920 "2008-07-01T16:42:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loading-an-old-polaroid-camera-help/454920/1 "2008-07-01T16:42:21Z")

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My sister has acquired a Polaroid 215 Land Camera and some Fujifilm FP 100C film. This film will supposedly work with this camera, but we can’t figure out quite how to load it. The instructions on the box are very unclear. Any old camera geeks around?

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loading-an-old-polaroid-camera-help/454920/2 "2008-07-01T16:57:31Z")

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Will ask my boyfriend who now runs a vintage camera shop, if nobody else answers.

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**Author:** ![pips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b782af/32.png) [@pips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pips)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loading-an-old-polaroid-camera-help/454920/3 "2008-07-03T00:45:06Z")

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this website has everything! [http://www.rwhirled.com/landlist/landhome.htm](http://www.rwhirled.com/landlist/landhome.htm)

for loading:  
[moominstuff: A Polaroid Primer: Peel-apart Films](http://moominsean.blogspot.com/2008/04/polaroid-primer-peel-apart-films.html) (scroll to the bottom for original manual though i would recomend reading the whole thing)

and again with actual photos [http://www.rwhirled.com/landlist/how2-packuse.htm](http://www.rwhirled.com/landlist/how2-packuse.htm)

if you don’t have batteries you might try this [photobattery.com&nbsp;-&nbsp;This website is for sale!&nbsp;-&nbsp;photo battery Resources and Information.](http://www.photobattery.com/#Btable)

Good Luck!

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**Author:** ![pips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b782af/32.png) [@pips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pips)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loading-an-old-polaroid-camera-help/454920/4 "2008-07-03T00:52:28Z")

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OR if you are brave and don’t want to spend and arm and a leg for batteries [http://option8.110mb.com/polaroid/100/100.6b.html](http://option8.110mb.com/polaroid/100/100.6b.html)

link above doesn’t work try just [photobattery.com](http://photobattery.com)

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**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loading-an-old-polaroid-camera-help/454920/5 "2008-07-04T21:13:26Z")

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**WF** I own a few of the 100-series Polaroids. What’s the problem? PM me if you wish.