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This is a little job I didn't see coming. However I picked up a Polaroid 103 at a car boot sale (I keep trying to convince Caroline that I'm not collecting Polaroid cameras - but she doesn't believe me any more ;-)
However this one was too good to miss and even came with a flash, manual and a complete pack of outdated film. The only problem was that the photos kept coming out blank. Thankfully I spoke to Marty at The Land List and he put me on the right track.
(All photos taken with our Epson PhotoPC650 camera.)
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The shutter is electrically controlled. I needed to wire up a suitable 3v battery (hopefully) into the existing battery compartment and also replace the wire that went to the shutter as battery acid had damaged it. The wire was originally black - but I couldn't get an exact match - so picked this nice grey instead. The shutter opens up by the removal of 3 or 4 screws on the back of the shutter unit. After that I just snipped the existing wire close to the circuit board and soldered the new wire onto the short wire ends.
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As I could not easily obtain the correct battery - I unscrewed the plastic panel at the front of the battery compartment and used a small saw to remove the 'U' shaped lugs which kept the original battery in place. This left just enough room to insert a battery pack made of 2 AAA size battery holders glued back to back. This was then soldered to the wire going to the shutter mechanism. In order to get the compartment to close I had to remove the spring clip and bend it before refitting. Its a tight fit now - but works very well. Also despite the internal modifications the camera has retained its original look.
Thanks to Michael Walker who has kindly provided the following info:
You may already be aware that tnrtechnical.com of Florida sell #532 and #531 batteries at $6.95 each, or they can be obtained from Polaroid directly at a similar price via a call on their toll-free number. The ones via Polaroid are made by Panasonic but the ones from tnrtechnical.com do not carry any maker's identification. I suspect they may be assembled from stacked button cells wrapped round with plastic film.
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