Polaroid Impulse 600 · Grey · 1989
 
Instant film is back. This is the body that started it.
A late-80s Polaroid Impulse 600 in the original grey colorway with the red accent stripe · the rubber-gripped, single-piece shape that defined the entire Impulse line. And it runs on film you can still buy: Polaroid 600 is in production today. This is a live-format instant camera, not a shelf ornament.
One detail collectors hunt for has survived on this one: the original factory 600 Plus film sticker, still intact and readable inside the chamber. Most Impulses lost it decades ago. This one kept it.
 
Condition · used, good
Inspected closely and described straight · no surprises after the sale.
Included: Camera body and attached wrist strap. No box, no manual, nothing else.
 
What inspection confirms
Grey paint intact · top, sides, front
Red accent stripe unbroken end to end
Film chamber clean · rollers visible · no dried developer paste
Lens element clear · no scratches, no fungus
Flash housing and shutter mechanism present and unmodified
Wrist strap attached and intact
Light surface dust on the top panel · cosmetic, wipes off
 
What is not confirmed · sold untested
Here is the honest part. The Impulse 600 draws power from the battery inside each film cartridge, so a real power-on, flash, and shutter test needs fresh 600 film · and none was on hand before sale. Every mechanical part is present and unmodified. Operation is not guaranteed, and the price is set accordingly. Listed exactly as it is, so you buy with full information.
 
The details that matter
110mm f/10 fixed-focus lens · the classic Impulse look, point-and-shoot simple
Automatic exposure with a manual lighten/darken slider · room to shape the shot
Pop-up flash for low light
Runs straight off the film cartridge · no separate battery to chase down
 
Shipping
From Vancouver, BC · cushioned around the flash hinge and lens housing · tracked across Canada and into the US.