Elemental Model

What is the difference?

One might ask, why then is the Standard Model 250 so much more sought after? Simply put, we don’t know. Traditionally the Model 250 has been the pinnacle of the Polaroid Pack Film collector’s desire. As you can see in the gallery and images above, the differences were minimal, namely Color and Viewfinder. The Second-Generation Model 250 came equipped with a silver Zeiss-Ikon single window viewfinder which allows the photographer to not take his eye of the subject when focusing. While we find this feature handy it is by far less accurate, or more precisely, not as easy to use as the Polaroid 2 window viewfinder.

The only other visible difference between the Model 250 and Models 100/240 is the color of the bellows. While we tend to agree, the black does look sharper and less “1960′s” there is no functional difference whatsoever. In 1967, when Polaroid introduced the Model 200 series cameras, they simply renamed the previous Model 100 to 240; The cameras are identical except in name.

Polaroid pack film cameras use power in two places; the light sensor and the magnetic shutter. Power draw from these two systems is low enough that the original battery can last a year or more with normal usage.  Most normal rechargeable batteries have a full charge shelf life of less than 3 months. This means that you’d have to recharge your camera even if you didn’t use it for a few months.