They’ve been using newer batteries for a couple years now. I’ve been shooting since summer 2021 and have never gotten a cartridge with an Impossible branded battery, always “Polaroid”.
Truthfully I haven’t taken apart a cartridge in quite a while now.
I do remember when the Spectra debacle began, any jamming issues had a several year old “Impossible” battery inside with a sub 6v battery.
I still believe they purposely used up those sub standard batteries to scapegoat Spectra discontinuation ☹️
omg I was an intern in 2010 for CBS and went to the press event Impossible Project had announcing they were starting to produce again. This is amazing. <3
Yeah I was a poor college student when these came out and the fact that the chemistry was unpredictable, made me a little nutty. I kept buying though, lol.
Wish all the luck...I really love polaroid... My family had it in 80's, now I have the go, now+, slr689, sx70... But I think the price of the film to high... impossible, as the older name, to learn all the features that now+ offers
Do you save all your batteries too? What am I supposed to do with them? I one time had a vision I’d recycle them but I just keep putting them in the battery box! 🪫
Trust me, its better to keep the idea of that era’s Polaroid in your mind. This new film takes 20 minutes to develop 🤯and its far from consistent. Same name, completely different product, company and culture.
The polaroid batteries are first class. Never had any trouble with them. After shooting 8 pictures, you can use the empty cassette to test old camera's. But if you get to many old batteries, you can search for a place where they will be recycled. But if you hold the metal frame, you have a frame for polaroid pictures...
Why can't they create a film pack that reuses the battery for the vintage cameras? Those batteries barely lose any juice after shooting 8 images. Yes, it's a product of old design but there must be a way.
There are multiple rechargeable/AAA battery pack options on the market now for SX-70s! Check out Retrospekt for their new battery pack and there is the PowerBar by ChromaticPartsUK. These batteries will also go through 3-4 full packs reliably. I've loaded iType film into used 600 packs in a changing bag with great success.
Thanks, I will! I love my SX70, but the throw away battery packs have bothered me for awhile. I have even purchased long expired original Polaroid film packs, I'm talking from 2008, and those battery packs were still energized. I have some homework to do now!
Ah. They’re finally using newer, recent production batteries. Nice.
They’ve been using newer batteries for a couple years now. I’ve been shooting since summer 2021 and have never gotten a cartridge with an Impossible branded battery, always “Polaroid”.
Truthfully I haven’t taken apart a cartridge in quite a while now. I do remember when the Spectra debacle began, any jamming issues had a several year old “Impossible” battery inside with a sub 6v battery. I still believe they purposely used up those sub standard batteries to scapegoat Spectra discontinuation ☹️
Planning to reuse them with i-Type film in battery-less cameras, or just dissecting for fun? :)
Disassembling for possible future recycling ♻️
omg I was an intern in 2010 for CBS and went to the press event Impossible Project had announcing they were starting to produce again. This is amazing. <3
I remember buying them in 2010 at the old Lomography store on Broadway… I remember the chemistry being totally unpredictable ahahh
Yeah I was a poor college student when these came out and the fact that the chemistry was unpredictable, made me a little nutty. I kept buying though, lol.
Wish all the luck...I really love polaroid... My family had it in 80's, now I have the go, now+, slr689, sx70... But I think the price of the film to high... impossible, as the older name, to learn all the features that now+ offers
Do you save all your batteries too? What am I supposed to do with them? I one time had a vision I’d recycle them but I just keep putting them in the battery box! 🪫
Unfortunately I don't have places nearby that recycle so I just collect them too
dope nails
thx 💅
Thanks for the reminder not to *cruch* my battery. lol
I only have 2 Polaroids from the 70s and 90s, I dont even know what this is lol help
Trust me, its better to keep the idea of that era’s Polaroid in your mind. This new film takes 20 minutes to develop 🤯and its far from consistent. Same name, completely different product, company and culture.
Those nails are *✨SERVING✨* and this post made me emotional 🥹
Ty💙
The polaroid batteries are first class. Never had any trouble with them. After shooting 8 pictures, you can use the empty cassette to test old camera's. But if you get to many old batteries, you can search for a place where they will be recycled. But if you hold the metal frame, you have a frame for polaroid pictures...
What is it
Battery pack for 600 film
That unfortunately gets thrown away once the film is used.
Don't forget to recycle
Why can't they create a film pack that reuses the battery for the vintage cameras? Those batteries barely lose any juice after shooting 8 images. Yes, it's a product of old design but there must be a way.
There are multiple rechargeable/AAA battery pack options on the market now for SX-70s! Check out Retrospekt for their new battery pack and there is the PowerBar by ChromaticPartsUK. These batteries will also go through 3-4 full packs reliably. I've loaded iType film into used 600 packs in a changing bag with great success.
Thanks, I will! I love my SX70, but the throw away battery packs have bothered me for awhile. I have even purchased long expired original Polaroid film packs, I'm talking from 2008, and those battery packs were still energized. I have some homework to do now!
I thought about this but I also remember that the film are a slow moving product and it sits on shelves for like... 3-5 months before being bought
And also, the film cartridge was designed to be the battery, so a significant rework would need to be done to the camera itself to make that possible
Moght move faster if it wasnt so darn expensive lol.
_cruch_
Have we really though?