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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.

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.

The people advertised the film as being still good and not expired. When I received the film, it was clearly expired. Not one photo out of the batch. Some photos were leaking paste. Waste of money. Too bad. Sure wish they still made film for this camera. I'm sure that if you see someone selling this type of film, it won't be properly stored in refrigerated ideal conditions and expired. No matter what they tell you don't waste your money on it. This type of film is long gone and whatever is left is surely not usable.

Worked fine with my camera and easy to load.

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.