I found an used old fashion polaroid camera on ebay. But when looking on ebay, amazon, and google I couldn't find any inexpensive film for the camera. It would really help me if you guys could give me some ideas on where to find well priced film. Thanks!|||All original photo packs are no so far beyond their use by dates that the built in camera batteries are either dead or have insufficient power to last a whole photo pack. The chemicals will be stale as well causing odd results.
Cameras can be modified to use an external 6v power source (they only need 4.5v, but 6v batteries are easier and cheaper to get). If so, you can then use photo packs which have been stored under refrigeration. But you only have the vendor's word on that, and it will be sold without any warranty normally.Cold kills batteries, so refrigerated Polaroid Photo packs will definitely have flat batteries.
New photo packs are available for the Spectra from The Impossible Project, but it's not the same as the original material; results are far less predictable and you need to scan images to save them as they're far more prone to fading than the originals. But they are designed to be manipulated far more during development, which is really the whole point of these cameras these days.
There is NO cheap source of usable photo packs, sorry.|||You might like this one
Polaroid Spectra Film Twin Pack
Film for instant cameras--2 packs of 10
3- to 5-minute developing time
Better color performance
Sharper image|||It wasn't cheap when it was still being made by polaroid. These days this is your only real option: http://shop.the-impossible-project.com/s鈥?/a>|||If it's too cheap, it's too old; expect to pay in excess of $2 per picture, and avoid film that doesn't say "IMAGE" on the box.
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