![]() I plan to contact Impossible and see if i can get a replacement or refund. ![]() Is there anything at the camera I should look at? Or is the film pack defective? I checked the battery voltage and it is just a hair over 6 volts, but that doesn't mean there is enough current available to run the motor. Is this a common thing? I wouldn't think so. But the Spectra really struggles to eject the film. The film eject is snappy like it should be. Polaroid digital cameras are available from Amazon, Walmart, and Target. I've never used one of these Spectra cameras before, but I have other Polaroid 600 cameras and with Impossible film they appear to work fine. Polaroid One Step Close up 600 Film Instant Camera Not available Polaroid Hard. ![]() The output rollers are now clean and they are moving freely. Eventually, I got it to go by removing the thin plastic light blocking strip at the front of the cartridge but when the film is ejected the camera barely seems to have enough "oomph" to eject the film. I reloaded the cartridge with the wasted pictures and tried again following some online guides to clean the camera and such. I fooled around with it in the dark to try and get the thing to work, but needless to say, all the pictures eventually got wasted. The camera seemed to operate fine, focus appeared to work, the flash worked but the film got stuck in the rollers on eject just like the sheet did. In the darkroom, I open the front and pulled the sheet out then tried a picture. It seemed like the camera barely had enough power to eject it. When I loaded the film and the camera powered up, the top cardboard sheet got stuck in the rollers on the eject. ![]() The film shows a manufacture date of 09/16. The film was stored in the fridge until a week ago. So, I purchased some Impossible Spectra film around Christmas and just today finally got it loaded in the Spectra. It had the last pack of (dried out) Polaroid film in it which had enough power to operate the camera and it seemed to work fine. A few months ago I picked up a Polaroid Spectra camera for a few dollars. ![]()
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