Camera Information - Automatic 100

Camera Info - Automatic 100

The following information was taken from "The Land List".

Polaroid Land Camera Automatic 100

Produced: 1963-1966
Original Retail: $164.95
Estimated Production:
Pattern Not Completely Determined (over 1,200,000)

Lens: 114mm f/8.8 3-element glass
Shutter: Electronic; 10 seconds - 1/1200
Separate window view/rangefinder assembly (has a hinged base-- flips up for use and is held in place with a magnetic catch-- folds down for storage and fits inside the camera's plastic cover)
Viewfinder has projected framelines and automatic parallax compensation.
Aperture-priority automatic exposure only
Has settings for film speeds of 75, 150, 300, and 3000 ASA.
Has "scene selector" switch which gives choice of two different aperture settings for each film speed setting; lens can be used at full aperture with 3000 ASA film.
Has exposure compensation dial with range of -1/+2 stops ("Lighten/Darken" control).
Has metal body and metal shutter/lens housing; has tripod socket
Leather carrying strap

This was Polaroid's first automatic pack film camera. And it set the standard for every single model to come after it. The basic design of the body, shutter and everything that goes into this camera can be found echoed in all the others.

Other than not having a Zeiss finder or a development timer built-in, it is a top of the line model. It has everything you typically do NOT find on later models.

The dual window folding finder, a metal body, scene selector shutter and tripod socket all create a great camera.

They are extremely common and, depending largely on the working condition and aesthetics, cost anywhere from $10-60.

Like all of these models the batteries are hard to come by and typically not cheap. This model takes a 4.5v battery. When looking for any Automatic packfilm camera, keep in mind to look for little or no corrosion in the battery compartment. If there is corrosion it may have spread through the wires making the upgrade to 3xAAA batteries alot harder.

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