Polariod 350 Operation and Battery Modification

this instructable shows you basic operation, cleanup, and a simple battery modification on a polaroid 350 land camera.

CLEANING

1. Q tips

2. paper towels

OPERATION

3. film (for 350 I used Fujifilm fp3000b which is black and white for color use fp100c)

4. AAA batteries (if you use battery mod. if not use the Eveready A24PX)

BATTERY MODIFICATION

5. 2x AAA batter holder

6. soldering iron

7. solder

8. heat shrink tubing or electrical tape

open back using the lever at the bottom of the camera

pull red roller release lever and lift rollers. for cleaning use Q tips and paper towels if needed to clean rollers

well this step seems pretty self explanatory. if there is something that wont come off with the Q tips, use a glasses cleaner and cloth.

wipe down the area where the film box goes

to take cover off lift lip at top and pull down. push clip at bottom of camera in to remove cover. lift view finder. lift tab with arrow on it up and pull front lens out

do as you did with back lens. and same with the electronic eye

wow I don't think you can get a step more self explanatory than that

wipe down the skirt with Q tips and paper towels

unscrew the two screws holding the battery holder in and lift out.

cut and strip a small portion of wire just behind the snaps

connect positive end to white and negative to black. solder positive to positive and negative to negative and cover with electrical tape or heat shrink tubing.

yet another self explanatory step.

well um yeah do that

open back of camera and put film cartridge in. DO NOT PULL THE PEICE OF PAPER OVER FILM!!! this will ruin all the film. put the cartridge in the camera and thread the paper through the #4 slot and close the camera.

push shutter lever (#3) down to load shutter

set dial to one line towards lighten. on bottom of camera set film speed to correct speed by turning wheel.

look through view finder and move focus lever to focus on object.

to take picture press shutter release (#2). then reload shutter by pushing #3

after shutter button has been pressed pull white tab smoothly then do the same with the black tab. wait recommended time then peel negative from picture.

1&2 were both too dark so you adjust lighten/ darken

4. black tab was pulled too slowly or you squeezed camera in the area where you pulled the black tab.

make sure rollers are clean before each use. or you will and up with repeated white lines throughout a photo

DO NOT OPEN CAMERA WITH FILM LOADED

3. adjust focus

4. black tab was pulled too slowly or you squeezed camera in the area where you pulled the black tab.

make sure rollers are clean before each use. or you will and up with repeated white lines throughout a photo
DO NOT OPEN CAMERA WITH FILM LOADED