Customer Reviews
The digital age ends the fun of another film camera 
2007-08-23
I bought a JoyCam off of ebaY for about $5 a couple of years ago and a Captiva for about $10. Expired Polaroid 500 film was really cheap on ebaY, so I stocked up and it worked fine. I happily went along shooting Polaroids at the office of all kinds of events. The camera is so easy to use and so fun, and the pictures comes out really well. I love it. I'm on my last roll of film so I started looking around to find film auctions and I see that the price of the film has skyrocketed in price. It appears that the 500 film is now discontinued, which renders my JoyCam joyless and my Capitiva camera useless. I'm very sad. There's nothing like a good Polaroid. Digital is not the same for spontaneity, and neither is traditional film. I have a Polaroid 600, but film is really expensive as well and last time I bought some new, one of the packs had a dead battery--so much for the warnings about only using fresh film when my 500 film was all two or three years old and find and my 600 film was still "fresh" with a dead battery. By the time I discovered the dead battery, my receipt was long gone. Out $10 quick!!!
I know that Polaroid is not going to bring back 500 film, so there's no use pining. I guess if I want to continue with the Polaroids, I'll have to buck up and start using the 600 camera, which is a nice camera, but not nearly as fun as the JoyCam.
Worked fine with my camera and easy to load. 2001-08-08
Worked fine with my camera and easy to load.
Fun! 2000-10-14
i'm a photographer that has just discovered Polaroids. I love my Joycam camera and the film-- the prints you get are small but detailed and colorful. They're like small works of art. Avoid shades of gray as the film works better with sunlight even though the flash unit works really well. I like my Joycam and prints so much I've created a Polaroid journal and I use the Polaroids to illustrate my journal with daily events and the special people in my life. The problem is, when you start shooting these little pictures at parties everyone will want a copy and, at a buck a piece, it can get expensive and you'll always be out of film so stock up.
Polaroid 500 Platinum Film Single Pack 
2000-06-19
I have found this to be a quality product. It is very cheap and efficient. I enjoy using this film everyday in my Joy Camera. I would recommend this to anyone who is an avid photographer.
No...Really 
2000-06-16
This is Easy to use. Fast in loading, and priced just right. It is a bit smaller than the orginal but this is worth it.
great film for a cool camera 2000-06-14
Polaroid Corporation designs, manufactures and markets worldwide a variety of imaging products. These include instant photographic cameras and films, digital imaging systems, conventional films and light polarizing filters and lenses. The principal products of the company are used in amateur and professional photography, industry, graphic arts, science, medicine, government and education.Type 500 Instant Film is a general-purpose, high-speed, medium-contrast, integral film for high-definition instant color prints. It is balanced for daylight and electronic flash exposure.This film can also be used for Olympus C-211.
