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Spent $60 on a vintage Polaroid and the film pack was completely dried out
I found this old Polaroid OneStep at a thrift store in Portland for like $15, thought I scored big. Picked up a pack of film for $45 from a specialty shop, the guy warned me it might be old stock but I didn't listen. Put it in, took a shot of my cat sitting on the porch, and the picture came out as a faint white ghost. Just a blank rectangle with a tiny smudge of brown, total waste of money. Anyone else get burned by expired instant film or know a way to check the date before you buy?
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emma52228d ago
Oh man, that is a bummer. I've been there with an old Polaroid pack from a yard sale. The trick is to look at the expiration date printed on the side of the film box, not just the pack inside. For vintage film that sat in a hot closet for 20 years, there's really no saving it. The chemicals just dry out and there's no way to bring them back. At least you got a weird ghost photo to laugh about later.
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elizabetht5628d ago
Oh totally, "weird ghost photo" is the best case scenario. I once found a roll of film from the 70s in my grandma's basement and developed it just for fun. Ended up with a bunch of blurry pictures of what I think was a family vacation to the Grand Canyon, but one photo was just a solid blue blob with a white smear across the middle. I spent a solid hour trying to convince myself it was a UFO or something, but nope, just the chemicals giving up halfway through. My friends still joke about my "alien abduction" photo when they come over. At least you got something spooky out of it, I just got a sad blue square.
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