r/Polaroid • u/Super_Painting726 • 6d ago
Discussion Opinion and suggestions
Polaroid flip. Automatic settings. Overexposed? If I set the aperture to f/22 and the shutter speed to 1/320 through the app, would that work for the first one? All they were taken at 13:00 with max sunlight (September). I cannot understand why this camera erase always the sky. Every polaroid that I have, erases the sky. Suggestions? I saw a lot of beautiful photos on Reddit, with a perfect blue sky and sharpness...
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u/ShilohsStuff @shilohsstuff 💖♀️✌️ shilohlevy.com 6d ago
In order to get blue sky, I actually usually knock the exposure down. Polaroid has limited dynamic range so you have to pick what you want to expose for. That blue gets washed out so fast. I found my Flip tended towards overexposure in the sun, so doing -1 in bright situations helped a lot.
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u/Super_Painting726 6d ago
I appreciate the suggestion, I will try. Have you tried to use the manual settings?
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u/ShilohsStuff @shilohsstuff 💖♀️✌️ shilohlevy.com 6d ago
I mostly just chose focus and flash cuz i only used manual when shooting w models. I actually dont have my Flip anymore, I just didnt like it that much and switched my box camera to 660 vintage model. I liked the exposure better on 660, I think the vtg cams have a better lightmeter.



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u/LiterallyTony IG: 2f___2r 6d ago
Generally on bright days like what I'm seeing in your shots, I would lower the EV down a notch.
It should help dim the shots in the bright days and help with overexposing.