Polaroid One Step Flash Closeup

The Polaroid One Step Flash Closeup is an instant camera for the Polaroid 600 format. It is a further development of the One Step Flash and looks practically identical. It dates back to the 80s.

Taking pictures with the Polaroid One Step Flash Closeup is, as usual from other Polaroid 600 cameras, easy. Just press the shutter button and the camera does the rest. You can influence the exposure somewhat with the “Light Management System” (light/dark control).

What makes it different from the Polaroid One Step Flash is that it has a close-up lens. If this is moved in front of the normal lens, the close-up distance is reduced from 1.2 meters to 0.8 meters. The lens itself is a fixed focal length, so you have to zoom with your feet by changing the distance to the subject.

A flash is built into the Polaroid One Step Flash Closeup and provides enough light.
If you press the shutter button normally, it flashes automatically, if you want to take a picture without flash, you press the lever behind the normal shutter button.

The juice for the flash and the camera itself comes from a battery in the film pack.

Films for the instant camera

Speaking of films, these are no longer manufactured by Polaroid. But the instant camera doesn’t have to gather dust on the shelf; The Impossible Project makes matching films for the Polaroid One Step Flash Closeup. Sold under the original brand since 2020, the films would currently be the Polaroid Color Film for 600* and the Polaroid B&W Film for 600*.

Important when photographing that in an Impossible film pack there are only eight shots and not ten as before. So if you see a “2” in the frame counter, which counts down from “10”, it’s already over and not at “0”.

As with the normal Polaroid One Step Flash, there are also various editions of the version with close-up lens.

• Polaroid 600 BE (Black)
• Polaroid 600 Business Edition (Black)
• Polaroid 600 Business Edition (Black with “Peachtree Project Recorder” logo)
• Polaroid 600 Business Edition Regal Riverside Hotel Hong Kong (Black with the logo of Regal Riverside Hotel Hong Kong)
• Polaroid 600 Business Edition (Red and black with the logo of “State Farm Insurance” (insurance and financial services group from the USA))
• Polaroid 650 (Black with red or blue shutter)
• Polaroid ADT (Blue and black with “ADT Security Systems” (security company) logo)
• Polaroid CoolCam 600 Closeup (Red and black; yellow and black, pink and light gray)
• Polaroid EMS Photo System (Orange with the blue logo of “EMS” (= Emergency Medical Services))
• Polaroid Job Pro (The Construction Camera) (Gelb and black)
• Polaroid McDonalds (Gelb, red and black with the fast food giant’s logo)
• Polaroid Party (Two shades of blue with yellow details; various shades of green)
• Polaroid PEP Educator Edition (Black with the “Polaroid Education Program” logo)
• Polaroid Portfolio (Black with the logo of the “Polaroid Education Program”)
• Polaroid Planum (Gold)
• Polaroid Spirit 600 CL (Black with rainbow stripes)
• Polaroid Spirit 600 CL with branding (Black with rainbow stripes and the logo of “adidas styles”, “Fiat”, “Krema”, Nankai (Japanese manufacturer of motorcycle clothing), “Siemens”, “Tropico”, “Yamaha”, “Zestril”)
• Polaroid Sportcam (Yellow and black)
• Polaroid Sun 645 CL (Black with rainbow stripes)
• Polaroid Sun 650 (Black)
• Polaroid Sun 650 SE (Black with blue details (like the shutter button))
• Polaroid Supercolor 635 CL (Black with rainbow stripes; Red and black; Gray and black; Black with logo of “British Airways”, “Bank Austria”)
• Polaroid Supercolor 635 CL Jubilee (Black with logo of “Jubilee”)
• Polaroid Supercolor 645 CL (Red and Black)
• Polaroid The Fun Time Camera (Yellow and Black)