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YOUR

FIRST

PICTURE!

To

be

sure

that

it's

with

flash,

exactly

as

BUT,

before

y.ou

start,

please

read

this

book

carefully

so

you

will

know

how

to

use

the

camera

and

where

to look

for

any

jnformation.

lf

you

do

not

follow

the instructions, you

will

not

get

good

pictures.

a

success,

we

suggest

that

you

make

it

indoors

described

on

page

20.

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CONTENTS

Getting

Acquainted

Know

your

camera.

. . .

How

to

make a

picture:

a

quick

look..

How

to open

and close

the camera.

. .

How to

hold

the camera

How to aim

and

focus

the

camera

.

. . .

The controls

. .

. and

what

theY

do

How

the

L/D

control

makes

prints

lighter or

darker.....

What

you

should

know about

your

film

Operation

How to

load a film

pack

How to set

the camera

for

daylight

and

flash

pictures...

How to attach

the

flashgun...

How to

make f

lash

pictures.

. .

How to

make

daylight

pictures

...

.. i

How

to

develop

the

picture

Check

the temperature

lf

no

yellow

tab

appears

when

you pull

the

white

tab....

Care of

the

print

.r....

How to use

the

Cold-Clip

with color

film. . . .

You must take

care of

your

camera

Howto use3000 speed

film

in dim

lightwithoutflash..

When to

use the

ente HT suN

oNLY

setting.

...

Miscellaneous

Some

helpf

ul accessories.

.

. .

Close-ups

and

portraits

are easy

with these

devices....

A filter

can

pep

up black

and white

scenic

pictures......

Copies and

en

largements

Picture troubles,

their cause

and cure.

Protect film

and camera

from

heat

Where

to write

for information.

Wa

rranty.

Polaroid repair

stations

and offices..

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CAUTION

notice

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KNOW

YOUR

CAMERA

Fold ing

view/rangef

inder

Sh utter

release

Fast focus

scale

Rangef inder push

button

White

tab

slot

Yellow

tab slot door

3-ef ement

lens,

114mm.

,I18.8

Lig

hten

/darken

control

Shutter

cocking

lever

ql#

Rangef

inder

push

button

Lig hting

selector

Electric

eye

Flash

outlet

(flashbulbs

only)

Film

speed

dial

Lighting

selector

knob

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Battery

compartment

(change

batteries

yearly,

see

page

33)

Steel

rollers

(lmportant:

keep them

clean

as described

on

page

32)

View/focus window

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HOW

TO MAKE

A PICTURE:

A

QUtcK

LOOK

This

is a

preview

of whatyou

willfind

in

this

book.

These

are

the

easy steps

you

take

to make

an instant picture

-

color

or black

and

white

-

with

this Polaroid

Land camera.

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t

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AIM

p.8

1f

Before starting

you

set

the simple

controls

:

Dial

(A),

the

Lighting

Selector

(B),

and

the

control

(C).

Page

10

explains

what

they

do.

4

The Film

Speed

Lighten/Darkerr

5

PU

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p.

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AND

FOCUS

YELLOW

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HOW

TO

OPEN

AND

CLOSE

THE

CAMERA

F<:'L

1.

Magnet holds

cover

down.

Lift

back edse.

2.

To remove

it,

push

spring

(A)

and lif

t hinge

(B).

To replace,

slide hinge

down

over

spring.

w

5.

Pull

camera

f

ront out

as far

as it

will

go.

Be

sure

locking

bar

(A)

snaps

into

place.

If

not,

ycu

nlay

get

blurred

or all black

pictures.

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6.

To close

camera,

press

down

on locking

bar

and

push

camera

front

in

until

it locks.

Fold

finder

down

gently.

3. Lift finder

up and

back; magnet will

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HORIZONTAL:

Grip

the

two

ends. Place

your

foref ingers

on

the

No.

1 buttons;you

can

easily

shift

the right forefinger

to

the No.

2 button.

To

steady

the

camera,

press

your

eltrows

into

yoLrr

ribs;

rest

the

camera against

your

nose.

VERTICAL:

Grip the camera

as

pictu

re, tu

rn

it

so

you

r right

hand

against

yorrr

foreheacl and

face.

you

would

for a

horizontal

is

below. Brace

the camera

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HOW TO

AIM

AND FOCUS THE

CAMERA

It's

easy

to

get

sharp, well framed

pictures

with

tlte

Model

350.

lt

has

a combined

viewfinder

and

rangefinder

made

specially

for it

by

the famous German firmZeiss

lkon.

As

you

look through

the window

(A)

you'll

see

two things:

First, the

viewf

inde r

-

a wh

ite

f ra

me line that

shows

how

much

of

the

scene

will be in the

picture.

Second, the range-

finder a bright

spot

in the center.

Hold

the

camera

horizontal

as shown.

Place

your

fore-

fingers

on

both

No.

1 buttons and

move

them allthe way to

your

left.

Look

through the finder window

and aim the bright

spot in the

center

at a

subject

about

4

ft.

away.

You

should see

two images of

your

target in the bright

spot.

This

means the

camera is

not

focused

for that distance;

if

you

made

a

picture

now

it

would be

out of

focus

and f uzzy.

Push

the

No. 1

buttons back and forth untilthe

two

images

in the

bright

spot

become

one

sharp and

clear.

Now

the

camera is focused.

The trame automatically

adjusts

to

show

what will

be

in

the

picture.

Center

your

subject. Shoot.

For

vertical

pictures,

you

can focus

with the

camera hori-

zontal;

turn

it

to

vertical

position

to aim

and

shoot.

The

closest

focusing

distance

with the

rangefinder

is

about

3r/z

ft

lf

you

want to come closer

than

3r/zft,

you

must

use

either

the

portrait

or

close-up

kit

described

on

page

38.

Look

through

here.

Aim

bright

spot at subject.

t'**

Push No.

I

buttons back

and

forth;watch

the bright

spot.

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HET

CONTROLS

AND WHAT

THEY

DO

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The

Film

Speed Dial:

lt

sets the

camera

for the kind

of

film

you

are

using.

For

75

speed color

film, turn

it

to

75;

for

3000

speed black

and

white

film turn

it

to

3OOO.

The

dial

has

a

strong

spring and must

be turned

quite

far to

set

it.

The

other numbers

on the dial

(besides

75 and

3OOO)

are

for

films

that may

be

sold

in the

future.

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':1.

The Lighting

Selector:

lt

sets the

camera

for the

kind

of

light

with

which

the

picture

will

be taken.

Move

the

knob (B)

sideways

to

put

the

yellow

square

in the

Lighting

Selector (C)

describing

the

lighting

condi.

tions.

When

using

3000

speed

film look

at the

3ooo

SpEED

oNt-y

side;when

using 75

speed

color

(or

any

film

other

than

3000

speed film)

look at

the

75, 150, soo

spEEo

side.

:-.

The electric

eye: When

you

press

No.

2

button,

the

shutter

opens. Instantly, the

electric

eye

measures

the

brightness

of the light

reflected from

the

subject

and

times

the

closing

of

the

shutter to

give

correct

exposure.

lt does

this for both daylight

and

flash

pictures.

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The Lighten/Darken control:

Turning

the

L/D

control

adjusts the

electric eye so

you

can make

your

picture

a litile

lighter or darker than

it

would

be

if

the

L/D control

were

left

at the Normal

position

(shown

here).

When

and how

to do

this

is explained

on

page

11.

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THE L/D

CONTROL

MAKES

PRITVTS

LIGHTER

OR

DARKER

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wt. \

Tltrs

rs

wellexposed,

.

ieave

ihe

L D

control here

lf

rt

s too

light

set

tire

L D

conirol

here

lf rt

s too

dark

set the

L'D

control here

L!GHTEN

,

-"0"

a

*

"d.

ry

i:l

Most pictures

made

with

the

light

conring

from behirrd

you

or f rom

the

side will

be well

exposed with

ihe

Lighteni

Darken

control

at

Normal

position (lefi.

above), but

sometimes

yor_t

may

prefer

a lighter

or

darker print.

To

lighten

or

darken

the

next print

of

the same

subject, in

the sarne lighting condi-

tions,

adlusr

the L.1 D

control

as sfrown. To

make

a small

clrange,

turrr orrly

to tlte f

irst

srnall

rnark.

LJser

the L/D cclrrtroi

in

the

sarne

way

to

lighten or

darken

flash

pictures,

too. lf

there

is

a label

on the

film

pack

showing

a special

setting

of tlre L,,D control,

set the

control as

shown there and

make

that the

Normal

positiorr

for

all

pictures

made

with

that

pack.

Any acllustment

of tfre L/D control

shorrlci

be irr

additir:n

to

tlrat stre.ciu

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WHAT

YOU

SHOULD

KNOW

ABOUT

YOUR

FILM

This

camera

uses

Polaroid

Land

pack

the

chemicals

between

the

negative

films.

A

film

pack

contains

all

the

and

print

paper

to

form a

picture

materials

to make

eight

pictures.

For

"sandwich".

each

picture

there

is a

piece

of

negative

The picture

develops

outside

the

film,

?

Sheet

of

print

paper,

and

a

thin

camera.

After

the

recommended

de-

foil

container

(the

pod)

filled

with

the

velopment

time

you

separate

the

sand-

jelly-like

chemicals

needed

to

develop

wich

and

there

is

your

finished

picture.

the

picture.

At

present

there

are

two

polaroid

After

snapping

the

picture,

you

start

pack

f ilms

available:

3O0O

speed black

development

by

pulling

a

piece

of and

white,

Type

IO7,

?n d

75

speed

paper

out

of

the

camera.

This

drags

color,

Type 108.

There

may

be

addi-

the

exposed negative,

a

sheet

of

print

tionaltypes

of film

in the

future.

paper,

and

a

pod

of

chemicals

between

You must

know

the

film

speed num-

two

steel

rollers.

The

pressure

of

the

ber,

3000

or

75, to

set the

camera

rollers

squashes

the

pod,

spreading

controls

correcily.

CAUTION: Please

be

sure

to

read

the

im

portant

notice

on

page

48.

An

important

label:

On

some color

film

packs

you

may

see a label

(A)

advising

you

to

turn

the

LightenlDarken

control

to

a

speciai

setting

for all

pictures

made

with

that

pack.

Please

do

so, or

your

pictures

may

be

too dark.

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HOW

TO

LOAD

A

FILM

PACK

Open

the

top of

the

box.

Pull

out

the

film

package. Handle it

tently,

caref

ully.

Hold

the

package

near

the edges.

Don't

press

hard

on the

middle

of the

package.

Starting

at

the

corner,

tear open

the entire

side

of

the

foil

bag along

the

dottecl

line and

remo're

the

film

pack.

Discard

the

moisture

absorbing

card

supplied

with color

film.

Handle

the

pack

fr

E:

As

soon

as

you

open

the

film

pack

you

will

begin

to

accumu-

late

waste

paper.

There

will

be more

when

you

develop

the

pictures.

We

hope that

it won't

become

litter

in

the

streets

or be scattered

around

the

landscape.

What

to

do with the

waste

paper?

Usually,

it will

fit

into

an

empty foil bag

or

f ilm box.

Or,

if

you're

planning

to

take

f ots

of outdoor

pictures,

bring

along

a

paper

bag

or

other

container

for waste.

Everyone

wilt appreciate

this

little

extra

effort

on

your

Part.

by

the edges

only.

With

color

filnr tlrere's

a

set

of

mounts;

with

black

and

white

f

ilm

there's

a

coater.

Please

read

the

instruction

sheet.

Save

the

box to carry

prints

in safely.

lt

can

also

be

very useful

when

coating

black

and

white

prints.

Always

open

the

package

and load

film

in

the

shade,

not

in direct

sunlight,

to

avoid

fogging the

film.

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LOADING

(Cont.)

1.

Push

theback

door

latch

;

the

door

will

pop

up.

*V's

2.

}pen

it

all the way.

Are

the rollers

(A)

clean?

lf not,

clean

them

as

described

on

page

32.

3. Hold

the

film

pack

by

the edges

as

shown,

and

push

the closed

end

of

the

pack

under

the

door

hrnge

against

spring

tension.

4.

Push

the

pack

down

into

the

camera.

you'll

feel

it

snap

iirto

place.

L4

5.

&

6.

Check

to

be

sure

that

the

white

tabs are

not

caught

between

the film

pack

and

the

camera

body.

Close

the back

door. Press

both

sides firmly

to

be

sure

that both

sides latch.

The

black

tab of

the

safeiy

cover

must

strck out

of

the

small

slot.

lf not,

reopen

the back,

lead

the

tab out.

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Grip

the

black

safety

cover.

1. lf there's

no

white tab

in

the

fcllowrrrg

in

the

shade

bright

sunlight

tab.

This

the

end of the

the

No.4

or

i ndoors,

8. Pull

the

safety

cover

camera

without

stopping.

2.

Cpen the

back of

the

camera

part

way

and,

without

disturbing

or moving

the

film

pack, push

the

white

tab

out

into

the

open

9.

With the safety

cover

out, a

wltite

tab

(A)

should

stick

out

of the

small

slot

(No.

4). Don't

pull

the

tab.

You're

now

ready

for

picture

No.

1.

3.

Close

the

back

of

the

camera,

making sure

that

both

sides

are

locked

securely

and the

white

tab

is outside

in tiie

No.4

slot

all

the

way out

of the

Don't rip it.

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TO

SET

THE

CAMERA

FOR

75

SPEED

COLOR

POLAR

Film

Speed Dial (A):

Set it

to75.

Lighting

Selector;

Move

the knob

to

set

the

yellow

square

as

shown

for almost

allcolor

pictures.

BRIcHT

SUN ONLy

is

a special purpose

setting;

use

it

as

described

on

p.36.

FOR

DAYLIGHT

AND

FLASH

PICTURES

;

I

Lighten

lDarken

control:

Set

it

to

the Normal

position

(shown)

unless

a label

on the

back

of the

film

pack

(A)

shows

a

speciai

setting.

you

can

open

the

back

of a loaded

camera

to

see

if there

is

such

a label.

lf

you

do

this

carefully

in

the

shade

or

indoors

and

don't

move

the pack,

the

film

wiit

not

be damased.

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BLACK

AND

WHITE

POLI\R

3$CICI 5PEED

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Film Speed

Dial

(A):

Set it to 3000.

Lighting

Selector:

Move

the

knob to set

the

yellow

square as shown

for almost

alloutdoor

daylight

pictures

and for all

f

lash

pictu

res.

rNDooRS

WITHOUT

FLASH is a special

purpose

setting for

dim light; use it as

described

on

p.34.

LIGHTEN

Lighten/Darken

control:

Leave

it at the

Normal

position

(shown)

unless

you

want to

make

a

picture

lighter

or

darker. For some

dim light

pictures

you

may

have

to move the

L/D

control

toward LTcHTEN. See

p.

34.

Fast

focus scale: Use it only with

3000

speed

film.

lt's shown set for

groups

5-10

ft. away

(upper

picture)

and

every-

thing

past

l0

ft.

(lower

picture).

Set it,

aim, and

shoot.

lt's handy

for fast

action shots

and scenes.

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i

a

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