POLAROID SPECTRA FULL SWITCH USER MANUAL

POLAROID SPECTRA FULL SWITCH USER MANUAL

1200 Front View i Sonr rnge finder b Film door relese c Film door d Film exit e Film shde f Quintic, three-element, 125mm lens g Progrmmed flsh h Photocell i Self-timer indictor (1200si) b c h g f e d Rer View j Hnd strp k Relese ltch (open/close cmer) l Neck strp connector m Tripod socket n Viewfinder o System control pnel (1200si shown) p Two-stge shutter button j k FT M READY p o n l m Control Pnel q Feet or meters selector (1200si) r Audio signl switch (1200si) s Self-timer switch (1200si) t Exposure control (1200si/1200i) u Rechrge indictor (1200si/1200i) v Picture counter (1200si/1200i) w Progrmmed flsh override (1200si) x Sonr utofocus override (1200si) q r s x w v u t 1

1200 Opening nd Closing the Cmer To open, slide relese ltch () in direction of rrow. Cmer opens utomticlly. DO NOT force cover open s it will dmge cmer. To close, slide relese ltch () in direction of rrow. Hold cmer s shown. Close lid nd let go of relese ltch. DO NOT force cover closed s it will dmge cmer. 2

1200 Loding nd Unloding the Film Note: Use only Polroid film. Before use, check expirtion dte. This cmer uses 1200 film with 12 frmes per pck, or Spectr or Imge 990 film with 10 frmes per pck. 12-frme film: Blnk = no film pck inserted S = strt, numbers count up E = empty, 12 frmes tken 10-frme film: Blnk = no film pck inserted S = strt, numbers count up 10 (ornge) = empty, 10 frmes tken 11, E (ornge) = empty, cmer cycled beyond lst (10th) frme To lod the film, press film door relese () to open. Hold film by edges. Insert film pck s shown. Push film pck in until "click" is herd. Close film door. Film cover ejects utomticlly. To unlod film, press film door relese () to open. Pull tb to remove empty film pck. 3

1200 Tking Pictures with the 1200si For horizontl photos, hold cmer s shown in. For verticl photos, hold cmer s shown in b. b 1 Frme your subject in viewfinder. 2 Press shutter button hlfwy. The distnce to your subject (in meters or feet) nd symbol re displyed. A green symbol indictes tht it is oky to tke photo. 3 Press shutter button ll the wy. The photo is utomticlly ejected. Note: If flsh or focus is not correct, cmer beeps nd/or flshing yellow cution symbol ppers. Adjust the cmer or reposition your subject s described in the next section. If the flsh or focus is not correct... When the cution symbol nd the following error indictors pper: Your subject is too close. The number 0.1 is displyed. Relese shutter button nd stnd t lest 0.6 m (2 ft.) from subject. Your subject is beyond flsh rnge. A number from 4.8 to 6.2 is displyed. Relese shutter button nd position your subject within the 0.6 m to 4.6 m (2-15 ft.) flsh rnge. Your subject is within rnge, but the flsh is off. A number from 4.8 to 6.2 is displyed. Slide the flsh switch up to turn flsh on. Note: Distnce redings do not pper when subject is beyond 6.2 m (20 ft). 4

1200 Tking Pictures with the 1200i For horizontl photos, hold cmer s shown in. For verticl photos, hold cmer s shown in b. b b 1 Frme your subject in viewfinder. 2 Press shutter button ll the wy. The photo is utomticlly ejected. Other Fetures Exposure Control Use this feture to retke photo tht ws too light or too drk. To lighten drk photo, slide exposure control up (). To drken light photo, slide exposure control down (b). Retke photo. b Initil result (too drk) = corrective ction Initil result (too light) b = corrective ction 5

1200 Using Self-timer Plce cmer on tripod or other secure surfce nd set up photo. Press shutter button hlfwy nd relese button. Slide self-timer switch down. You hve 12 seconds before self-timer ctivtes shutter relese. Cmer beeps nd red light flshes for 10 seconds, then beeps stedily nd red light shines continuously for n dditionl two seconds before tking photo. Slide self-timer up. Photo ejects utomticlly. Note: To void double exposure, do not close cmer before sliding self-timer up. Tking Photos Through Glss Use these fetures To override utofocus nd utoflsh slide their controls down to OFF position. Alwys return controls to norml position fter using. 6

1200 Cmer Mintennce Do not touch lens. Clen cmer lens with soft, lint-free cloth. If spots or bnding ppers on photos, cmer my hve dirty developer rollers. To clen developer rollers, dmpen clen cloth with tp wter. Open film door nd thoroughly clen rollers. If film is in cmer, clen rollers in dimly lit re. Developing Photos 55 F 13 C Do not shke. Do not bend. If temperture is below 55 F (13 C) plce developing photo in wrm loction, such s your pocket. 7

1200 Guide to better pictures Be sure soundwves hve cler pth to your subject. If n object in foreground prevents soundwves from reching your subject, lens focuses on foreground object. Subject will be out of focus. Blurry Picture Cuse Solution When subject is not centered in the pic- Center the subject in the picture. Or, if ture, the sound wves pss by the you wnt to keep your subject offsubject nd mesure the distnce to the center, frme your subject in the middle bckground. This cuses the subject to of the viewfinder. Press nd hold the be uncler becuse the lens focuses on shutter button hlfwy to lock in the the bckground. correct lens setting. Then refrme your subject off center nd press the shutter button ll the wy. Object in foreground prevented sound The sound wves trvel to the centrl wves from mesuring correctly. Lens prt of the scene. Be sure there re no focuses on object, cusing uncler nd objects in front of your subject. possibly drk subject. Bckground ws too fr from subject. Subject my hve been beyond flsh rnge. Plce subject ner bckground nd keep the exposure control in the norml position. Sty within flsh rnge of 0.6 m to 4.6 m (2 to 15 ft), nd keep the exposure control in the norml position. 8

1200 Repeted spots or br pttern Cuse Solution Developer rollers inside the film door Open film door in indirect light (do not need to be clened. remove film). While turning rollers, clen them with lint-free cloth dmpened with wter. Dmged picture Cuse Solution Picture ws shken bck nd forth or During first 60 seconds of development, bent shortly fter it ws ejected from hndle print gently; hold it only by its the cmer. wide white border, nd do not wve or bend it. Picture ws left in the exit slot, nd cmer ws set down on tble or Remove print from exit slot s soon s it other surfce. ejects. Subject too drk Cuse Solution Cmer s photocell mesured the bright Reposition subject wy from the bright window light, cusing the subject to be bckground. too drk. When bright source of light (lmplight, cndlelight, etc.) is in the centrl prt of the scene nd in front of the subject, the cmer s photocell will mesure the bright light, cusing the subject to be too drk. Move the source of light to one side of your subject so it is not in the centrl prt of the scene. 9

1200 Picture too blue or too red/yellow Cuse Solution Picture tken t tempertures below In cold wether, keep cmer nd film 55 F (13 C) cn hve blue tint. s wrm s possible. Immeditely plce developing picture in wrm pocket for t lest minute, being creful not to bend it. Pictures tken t tempertures bove Avoid storing cmer nd film in hot 95 F (35 C) cn hve red or yellow plces, such s glove or luggge comtint. prtments of cr, or ner het source, such s rditor. Wrrnty Three-yer limited wrrnty Three-yer limited wrrnty except in U. S., Ltin Americ nd Cnd, where one-yer limited wrrnty pplies. Cution This cmer is bttery operted. Supervise children when cmer is operted by them or used in their presence. To void electricl shock, do not expose to or immerse in wter or other fluids, disssemble, or operte if dropped or dmged. Questions? Need Help? Contct Polroid Customer Cre Center Toll Free t: 1-800-343-5000 www.polroid.com Copyright 2000 Polroid Corportion, Cmbridge MA 02139 U. S. A., Owner of trdemrks Polroid, Spectr, Polroid 1200, Polroid 990 nd Imge. 10