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Old 07-23-25 | 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by jamesdak
The talk about Polaroids reminded me that I have my Grandfather's old M-80. Family sent it to me years ago. Went and found it and then checked to see if there's been any revival to the problem of finding film for one of these. Nope, the only Fuji choice is still out there but is around $250 a pack and was last manufactured in 2016. So back into storage this goes. No way I'm paying 25 bucks a shot to try a film that may no even work.
There actually is a market for old, expired pack film for these cameras. I had a stash of 665 in my basement I decided a few months ago I was never going to actually use. Most of if nearly two decades out of date. Put a couple up on eBay for what seemed like crazy money (based on recent auctions) with the usual disclaimer that it was expired and not guaranteed, and it got snapped up immediately, and the buyer contacted me directly to buy any more that I had. Expired film obviously carries a risk, but I always found it was extremely rare to get nothingwhen I used to use it, and often got something pretty cool.
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