Polariod 350 Operation and Battery Modification

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

Step 1: Materials

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

Step 2: Clean-up: Opening Back

open back using the lever at the bottom of the camera

Step 3: Clean-up: Cleaning Rollers

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

Step 4: Clean-up: Cleaning Back Lens

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.

Step 5: Clean-up: Left Over Film Chemicals

wipe down the area where the film box goes

Step 6: Clean-up: Open Camera Front

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

Step 7: Clean-up: Front Lens

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

Step 8: Clean-up: Veiw Finder

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

Step 9: Clean-up: Camera Skirt

wipe down the skirt with Q tips and paper towels

Step 10: Battery Mod: Remove Battery Holder

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

Step 11: Battery Mod: Remove Battery Snaps

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

Step 12: Battery Mod: Connect Battery Holder

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.

Step 13: Battery Mod: Put Holder in Camera.

yet another self explanatory step.

Step 14: Operation: Put Batteries in Camera

well um yeah do that

Step 15: Operation: Load Film

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.

Step 16: Operation: Load Shutter

push shutter lever (#3) down to load shutter

Step 17: Operation: Lighten/darken Control and Film Speed

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

Step 18: Operation: Focus

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

Step 19: Operation: Take Picture

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

Step 20: Operation: Getting Photograph

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.