Polaroid Tips: Shooting with the Big Swinger!
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- FPP's Michael Raso instructs you on how to use the Polaroid Big Swinger camera? FPP - The Film Photography Project! www.filmphotogr...
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Im researching for a story set in the mid to late 60s about a documentarian in the hight of the civil rights movement, so its great to find videos like these actually showing off equipment from the time. Thanks a lot!
I had one of these, and the way you grab it to pull the picture out is wrong. There is a lanyard with a handle attached to the side. After you take the shot, hold that handle in one hand, letting the camera swing from the lanyard ("swinger", get it?), and then pull the tab and photo out with your other hand. Much easier. After 30 seconds or so, peel the photo off of the developer sheet and wait for it to dry. Then they had a little container of stuff to wipe on the photo to help protect it. The developer paper was stinky and messy.
Not wrong at all. The plastic handle is too brittler to use to pull the film out - it would snap right off the camera - Mike Raso
My mom bought one for me around 1972 or so. I could have sworn it would take color pics but maybe remembering wrong. I believe you had to count 60 seconds for development time. Those were the days.
Thank you, it brought back some wonderful memories of my childhood, the Polaroid Land Camera was my only instant camera when I was about 10.
Hi. The videos are an off-shoot of The Film Photography Podcast on iTunes. Yes, we've been called the Morning Zoo of Film Photography!
I've been waiting for this video for months! Thank you. I have some 3000b coming my way and I think the Swinger deserves it a little more than my other 100-series Land cameras. Best $7 I've ever spent on a camera.
This is the most fun video I have seen in a long time. Thanks for posting it. I have to get on Ebay now and look for a BIG SWINGER!
I can't believe the flash and smoke at 4:30 aren't effects. Awesome!
Got one for $2 at an estate sale, film is expensive though.
same i just got mine for 3 bucks
Where do you get your film
Polaroid "Roll Film" for the original Swinger is long, long gone!
Magic landscape (when taking photo) to portrait (when showing print) conversion!
Wish they had film for the Polaroid Swinger Model 20
Hello!
Ten years after the video, it’s quite an “unearthing”!
A family member gave me his old Big Swinger but unfortunately it is impossible for me to find any fuji FP-3000b pack, or one or two at an exorbitant price on eBay...
You would have commercialized and affordable pack to recommend at poor beginner that I am please?
Thank you in advance for your help !
What film does the colour swinger Polaroid camera use?
the original Swinger was "only nineteen dollars and ninety five," not $19.99 - that precise figure was part of their memorable ad campaign
I had this same Camera when I was a Child.
haha awesome i need to get me some peanut bulbs to my 00g piercing :) would be a cool conversation starter! :) thanks for the great contants as usual Michael :)
Is it really impossible to shoot with a Model 20 Swinger? I recently found one that belonged to my great grandparents, really want to shoot it too.
Nope, you can't get film for it.
videogamelover287 Thats a pity. I can just order an old polaroid that still has film available. Thanks!
Looks like a cool camera
How long do you let the film develop for when you pull it out? i keep on getting the pictures coming out black.
Thanks for linking to my blog post about this fun camera!
hello there!. just purchased a BIG SWINGER! and had a question. it says in the inside area 'type 87 film only' is the fp and exact modern equivalent of compatble film as a type 87 film alternative. or will i have to source some vintage film :( thankyou!
sucks i got the white on ebay and i can't use film for it… still a beautiful sentimental camera
No, The ZIP takes Type 80 "Square Film" that is no longer made by any company. :(
Here in *2013* we can get brand new film for this classic polaroid camera. R.I.P. Fuji FP-3000b and FP-100c
Dark Crown not any more
Are the bulbs only good for one shot?
Genevie De Los Santos 4 Flashes each Flash Cube.
When I used one of my bulbs in my Big Swinger it basically burnt out after one shot.
Very helpful, as always. I almost bought the Polaroid swinger in an old hobby shop. I’m glad I didn’t.
This is so friggin cool.
Why did they stop making film for the original?
Good video! where I can get the scrolls for camera polaroid land camera swinger model 20?
Mr. Raso, have Fuji discontinued the 3000B film and or the 100c film as of 07/07/2019? Love that you all are all about film, so keep talking film.
Both films are discontinued. Any film you see is "new" old stock. (As of July 2019)
@@michaelraso I really don't understand why these companies( especially Fuji)are discontinuing a product that everybody is using, needing and wanting. So, what do we do now? I like that film for my 4x5 and was getting excited because some of the Polaridis could use them. The price even skyrocketed, when I was in class in 2011 the film was $13-15 dollars, now it's $60-79 almost $80 for an 8 to 10 sheet ok. 🤔
@@Curiousme100 Well, here's the thing - FP-100c was used for Photo ID outlets worldwide and FP-3000b had a scientific application. The world swithed to digital and us hobbyists are not enough to make it worthwhile for The Fuje! It is what it is.
@@michaelraso But yet, they created the Instax camera an instant film, so backward. Thank you as always for replying to me.
Good catch!
Hello hi! I see this vid was uploaded yearsss ago. (I've been going through all these darn youtube looking for the answer) That's ok. I have a Polaroid Swinger ZIP. Says it calls for Type 87 film. Well.... I've been all over Google, eBay, Facebook marketplace. I live in NYC and I'm searching high and low for Type 87, to no avail. Not to worry, if there is a will there is a way. I'm doing some film and camera experiment'in with other cameras with success and now I want to experiment with film for this the swinger babe. I know its "expensive" but the price isn't a problem at the moment, so no worries about that. I was wondering if ANYONE has tried using FP-100c film with this camera, and can show me photos that prove its work. Anything will help me feel better about buying a 10 pack for $100 from Japan. lol. Thanks to you, and to anyone with some answers.
What ?? To FIT FP100C 3x4 camera onto a camera that took the Type 80 series film that was 3"x3" Will Not Work... And do not think of trimming the FP100C film onto the Zip camera, you just make a Chemical Mess.
@@alexcarrillo5510 Hey! Thanks for the reply. I would never trim any Pac film ever. That would be ridiculous! I did find out that type 87 and type 88 film aren’t made anymore, and type 100 C fit perfectly into a Polaroid Reporter from 1952. Thankfully, I figured it out and I’m able to use the film, but not the ZIP camera. That’s OK. Now I have a great piece of history collecting dust in my home.
Do you HAVE to use bulbs to take photos?
You can shoot in Daylight without bulbs. You twist the exposure lever til the words "YES" appear (when shooting outside).
I just bought film for mine. I'm not sure if the camera works because I got it and the swinger 20 both for $17 on Ebay, but I put the film in, twisted (a yes never showed up, but I pressed the shutter anyway. I did see the checker pattern though but no yes) and the photo came out all white. The film expires December of 2015. Any idea what may be wrong? Thanks
amber rae As discussed in the video, there must be no corrosion in the battery area and the camera must have fresh batteries to function.
amber rae Were you squeezing the red dial when turning it? The YES shows up on if you squeeze it while turning it
Lindsey Drennan yeah I was :\
This is awesome.
When will u get another big swinger on the site
Does the Polaroid Land Zip also take that Fujifilm film?
Can you use it without batteries outdoors?
how many shots can i use a flash blub ?
Hi, know somebody what's the time of shot on a big swinger ? 1/100 maybe ?
Hi! This way also works with Swinger model 20?
Shame there’s no way to get any time of film for the swinger. I’ve got one. I want film! Come on impossible project. They could totally do it.
So can I shoot color? Wich film?
nothin changed in two years? i'd really want to try my parents black and white swinger. really no way to find films?
Cera Sette They still sell the film a lot of places just google it
Will the Model 20 Swinger take the same film?
Swinger 20 film long gone. :(
Thank you so much!!!
So this doesn't need batteries? I hope you answe
The Big Swinger uses AA batteries and (only) FP-3000b film.
So I just thrifted this camera for about $7 and I watched this video like oh they should sell the film, wrong! It wasn't until I got home that I found out that the film for these have been discontinued! Even if I do buy it overpriced on ebay and other sites, the film is expired so either way it's an L. Now ik why it was in the thrift store but I'm happy to have it in my collection now 🥲
Will you be getting anymore FP-3000B in stock on the site? :(
Yes, fp-3000b will be back in stock sometime in May 2014.
FilmPhotographyTube where can i get it? im peruvian :c
that is exacly what i thought!
HOW COOL!
😮😮😮
I got one of those big baby boys
nice!
That was 2013. Now it is 2021, and Fuji Dump the peel, and apart film, and Polaroid in Holland WILL NOT EVER MAKE this System ever again, as they are making a SHIT Load of Money making the SX70/600, and I type film as they are not listening to us.... How Sad . Actor Micheal Caine said it from the 3rd Austin Powers. "That Dealing with the Dutch!"
They sell the film on eBay for 25 bucks two pack
too bad they discontinued the film the same year this video was made :(
I didn't even know they still made the film after 1975. I still have mine that I bought over 50 years ago!
1/200 f17
Never a CGI effect on my vids. Real 1960s smoke!
What is up with all the sound effects? Its like you are trying to turn a camera podcast into a radio morning zoo show.
I got excited to get a camera like this untill I saw the price of the film
its because the film is no longer produced since a few years. in like 2015 or 16 it was at 12$ for a 10exp film.
go on youtube and look up how to make a video that doesn't annoy viewers.!!!!