Polaroid ProCamCamera User manual

ProCam Camera

This product is listed by Underwriters’

Laboratories, Inc. As a condition of listing,

UL requires that basic safety information be

provided.

IMPORTANT

SAFEGUARDS

ASWITH ANY BATTERY-OPERATED

EQUIPMENT, OBSERVETHESE BASIC

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS:

1. FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS.

2.CLOSELY SUPERVISE UNITWHEN IT IS

BEING USED BY OR NEAR CHILDREN.

3.ALWAYS USE BATTERIES RECOMMENDED.

4.DO NOT USE UNIT IF IT HAS BEEN

DROPPED OR DAMAGED - UNTIL IT HAS

BEEN EXAMINED AT AN AUTHORIZED

POLAROID SERVICE CENTER.

5.TO AVOID ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARDS,

DO NOT DISASSEMBLE UNIT. SERVICE OR

REPAIRWORK MUST BE DONE ONLY BY

AN AUTHORIZED POLAROID SERVICE

CENTER. INCORRECT REASSEMBLY CAN

CAUSE ELECTRICAL SHOCKWHEN UNIT IS

USED AGAIN. DO NOT IMMERSE IN

WATER OR OTHER FLUIDS.

PLEASE KEEPTHESE

INSTRUCTIONS

Table of contents

Camera features

Opening and closing the camera

Loading the film

Cleaning the rollers

Removing an empty film pack

Framing the subject

Taking the picture

Lighten/Darken control

Autofocus system

Automatic flash system

Date display buttons

ProCam Close-up Lens

Attaching the lens

Troubleshooting

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Camera, film specifications

The Polaroid ProCam is a rugged,

portable, folding camera designed

to meet the needs of business

users for documentation,

veriﬁcation and identiﬁcation. It

has a wide angle lens and can

focus on subjects as close as 18

inches (46cm) to meet a wide

range of photographic

requirements.With an

easy-to-attach close-up lens, you

can photograph subjects as close

as 12 inches (30cm).The ProCam

features a durable strap for

comfortable one-handed

operation. If you choose, the

camera can imprint the date or

time in your photographs. Other

features include a sonar autofocus

system and a built-in electronic

ﬂash, both of which can be

overridden or cancelled as

needed, and a tripod socket.

The camera

(picture 1)

Shutter button

Film door (Serial number inside)

Film door release

Film exit slot

Film shade (protects the picture from

light as it exits the camera)

Automatic electronic ﬂash

Viewﬁnder

Close-up Lens positioning tab

Four-element, wide-angle glass lens

Sonar rangeﬁnder (sends out sound

waves to measure the distance to your

subject)

Close-up Lens locking tab cut-out

Tripod socket (underneath the

camera)

Hand strap

Control panel

Viewﬁnder

Camera features

The control panel

(picture 2)

Release latch: Slide it up to open

the camera.

Exposure control: Set it to normal

for most pictures. Slide the but-

ton up to lighten or down to

darken a picture.

Sonar autofocus override: Slide

the switch up to turn off the auto-

focus system (i.e., for pictures

through glass). Focus range

when Autofocus is off: inﬁnity.

Automatic ﬂash: Slide it up to

turn the ﬂash off (when taking

pictures of highly reﬂective sur-

faces or through glass).

Flash indicators: Red light means

the ﬂash is charging; green light

means the ﬂash is ready to ﬁre

and you can take a picture.

Date display buttons:

MOD (mode) button toggles

through ﬁve display modes; Jap-

anese date, day-time, off, U.S.

date and European date.

SEL (select) button selects the

year, month, day (or hour,

minute)

SET (set) button sets the desired

date (or time).

Picture counter: Counts down to

show how many pictures are left

in the ﬁlm pack.

Red ﬁeld: (not visible in picture)

indicates adjustments on control

panel are not on automatic/

normal settings (i.e., lighten/

darken on darken, autofocus off,

ﬂash off).

To open the camera

Slide your right hand through the

hand strap and hold the camera

as you would a pair of binoculars

(picture 3). Slide the OPEN switch

on the back of the camera’s

control panel.The camera will

open automatically.

To close the camera

When you have ﬁnished using the

camera, close it to protect the

lens. Hold the camera as shown

(picture 4). Press down on the top

of the camera until it locks in the

closed position.

Opening and closing the camera

Use Polaroid

Spectra/lmage

ﬁlm.

The ﬁlm pack contains a

mercury-free battery.

Other

Polaroid ﬁlms cannot be used

with this camera.

When the camera is open,

push the ﬁlm door release button

in the front of the camera.The

ﬁlm door will open.

Hold the ﬁlm

pack by its edges only

(picture 5)

and slide it all the way into the

camera. Close the ﬁlm door and a

cardboard cover protecting the

ﬁlm will eject automatically.

Dirty rollers can prohibit your

camera from operating correctly

and can cause a repeated spot or

bar pattern in the picture.

As part of the regular mainte-

nance of your camera, check

that the rollers (picture 6) are

clean each time you load a fresh

pack of ﬁlm.The developer rollers

are located inside the ﬁlm door. If

there is ﬁlm in the camera, open the

door in dim light and clean the

rollers.

While turning rollers, clean them

with a lint-free cloth, dampened

with water, if necessary.

Loading the ﬁlm Cleaning the rollers

Remove the empty ﬁlm pack

when loading a new

pack into the camera.

When the ﬁlm pack is

empty, the picture

counter on the control

panel sets to zero and

you will hear three chimes when the

camera is open and when the shut-

ter button is pressed.

Push the ﬁlm door release but-

ton on the front of the camera. Pull

the colored tab to remove the

ﬁlm pack.

The wide-angle lens of the

ProCam allows you a wider ﬁeld

of view to capture more in your

photograph.The lens also allows

you to photograph subjects from

18 inches (46cm) to inﬁnity.The

ﬂash is designed to be used for

every picture -

outdoors and

indoors.

indoors:

For best results, your

subject should be from 18 inches

to 18 feet (46cm to 5.5m) away

and near a light-colored

background.

Outdoors:

Your subject should be

at least 18 inches (46cm) away.

Keep the sun behind you or to

your side.

Removing an empty ﬁlm pack Framing the subject

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