Polaroid 210 Land Camera (AS-IS, UNTESTED)

NOTE: This item is being sold AS-IS and may not be returned or exchanged. Item is untested.

The Polaroid 210 Automatic Land Camera is a folding pack-film camera from Polaroid’s 200-series lineup, produced between 1967 and 1969. It was the lower-end model of the 200 line and notably the first color-capable Polaroid to sell for under $50, contributing to its popularity as an accessible entry point into instant photography, with roughly 1.5 million units produced.

Optically, the camera uses a 114mm f/8.8, 2-element plastic lens, paired with a plastic body and plastic shutter/lens housing. The automatic electronic shutter ranges from 1/1200 second to 10 seconds, with an automatic aperture range of f/8.8 to f/42, giving the camera a broad exposure range for varied lighting conditions. An exposure compensation dial offers a lighten/darken adjustment range of -1 to +2 stops, allowing photographers some manual influence over the camera’s automatic metering.

The camera features a parallax-corrected viewfinder with a built-in distance estimator in the eyepiece, helping photographers judge focusing distance since the camera relies on a folding bellows design and separate viewfinder focusing rather than a coupled rangefinder. Film speed settings are provided for 75 ASA (for Type 108 color film) and 3000 ASA (for Type 107 black-and-white film), and the camera accepts Polaroid’s discontinued 100-series peel-apart pack film, with compatible modern options including Fujifilm’s FP-100C, FP-100B, and FP-3000B instant films (also since discontinued, though period-appropriate for the camera’s original design).

Handling includes the classic folding clamshell design typical of Polaroid’s Automatic series, collapsing into a compact form for storage and opening via a front clamshell cover for use. The camera has no tripod socket. Power for the electronic shutter and metering system originally came from a 3V battery, though many surviving units have been converted to accept more readily available AA or AAA batteries.

Key Features
– Folding pack-film Land Camera (Polaroid 200 series)
– 114mm f/8.8 2-element plastic lens
– Automatic electronic shutter (1/1200 sec to 10 sec)
– Automatic aperture range f/8.8 to f/42
– Exposure compensation dial (-1 to +2 stops, lighten/darken)
– Parallax-corrected viewfinder with distance estimator
– Film speed settings for 75 ASA (color) and 3000 ASA (black-and-white)
– Uses Polaroid 100-series peel-apart pack film (period-original)
– Folding clamshell body design
– No tripod socket
– Originally 3V battery-powered (often converted to AA/AAA)