Polaroid Captiva-500 Film Single Pack

by Polaroid

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004RFC3
• Item model number: 114618
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 20, 2000

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Formerly known as Captiva film, Polaroid 500 Platinum instant film allows you to take pocket-sized photos with a Polaroid JoyCam camera. Because the film-ejection device for the Polaroid JoyCam is manual, Polaroid 500 film is less expensive than other formats of instant film. Each pack comes with 10 exposures, each measuring 4.4 by 2.5 inches.

Product Description

Polaroid Corporation designs, manufactures and markets worldwide a variety of imaging products. These include instant photographic cameras and films, digital imaging systems, conventional films and light polarizing filters and lenses. The principal products of the company are used in amateur and professional photography, industry, graphic arts, science, medicine, government and education.Type 500 Instant Film is a general-purpose, high-speed, medium-contrast, integral film for high-definition instant color prints. It is balanced for daylight and electronic flash exposure.This film can also be used for Olympus C-211.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The digital age ends the fun of another film camera, August 22, 2007

By	Joseph P. Long - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Polaroid Captiva-500 Film Single Pack (Electronics)

I bought a JoyCam off of ebaY for about $5 a couple of years ago and a Captiva for about $10. Expired Polaroid 500 film was really cheap on ebaY, so I stocked up and it worked fine. I happily went along shooting Polaroids at the office of all kinds of events. The camera is so easy to use and so fun, and the pictures comes out really well. I love it. I'm on my last roll of film so I started looking around to find film auctions and I see that the price of the film has skyrocketed in price. It appears that the 500 film is now discontinued, which renders my JoyCam joyless and my Capitiva camera useless. I'm very sad. There's nothing like a good Polaroid. Digital is not the same for spontaneity, and neither is traditional film. I have a Polaroid 600, but film is really expensive as well and last time I bought some new, one of the packs had a dead battery--so much for the warnings about only using fresh film when my 500 film was all two or three years old and find and my 600 film was still "fresh" with a dead battery. By the time I discovered the dead battery, my receipt was long gone. Out $10 quick!!!

I know that Polaroid is not going to bring back 500 film, so there's no use pining. I guess if I want to continue with the Polaroids, I'll have to buck up and start using the 600 camera, which is a nice camera, but not nearly as fun as the JoyCam.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Polaroid 500 Platinum Film Single Pack, June 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Polaroid Captiva-500 Film Single Pack (Electronics)

I have found this to be a quality product. It is very cheap and efficient. I enjoy using this film everyday in my Joy Camera. I would recommend this to anyone who is an avid photographer.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Expired Film, January 6, 2009

By	Sammy (RI, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Polaroid Captiva-500 Film Single Pack (Electronics)

The people advertised the film as being still good and not expired. When I received the film, it was clearly expired. Not one photo out of the batch. Some photos were leaking paste. Waste of money. Too bad. Sure wish they still made film for this camera. I'm sure that if you see someone selling this type of film, it won't be properly stored in refrigerated ideal conditions and expired. No matter what they tell you don't waste your money on it. This type of film is long gone and whatever is left is surely not usable.