I got my 180 back from the camera repair shop. The shutter has had a full CLA.
I then purchased a really, really nice Polaroid 250 Land Camera. The 250 model is perhaps the best of the automatic Land Cameras. What I found out is this: basically all of the metal Land Cameras have interchangeable parts. So what I did was sacrifice this great 250 body so that my 180 system could live. I took the 180 lens and shutter housing (the main components that compromise the desirable 180 system) and transplanted it over onto the 250 body. So, the best of both cameras is now one great camera. This took more time and included all kinds of frustration which I will not go into.
But it works. Still getting used to how the Fuji pack film loads and functions in these cameras. I also purchased a new battery for my long idle Sekonic L-358 flash meter. I need to shoot some film to get used to the handling and the exposure. The great thing about the 180 and 195 is that you DO get to set both aperture and shutter speed on a real quality glass lens. That is why these two models cost so much more than all the other automatic cameras.
Hope to post some images soon, but I have a busy three day work period ahead of me.
But it really is so darn cool to press the shutter button and have real print in your hands 20 seconds later....
Jun 20, 2013 at 08:12 PM
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