Polaroid Cameras in Motion: The Reagent Material. When you press the capture button on your Polaroid camera, a pair of rollers inside the camera pulls the film between them. During that phase, the rollers distribute the reagent (re-agent) – the chemical responsible for developing the film – evenly across the center of the film sheet.

We open an old polaroid camera to see how it works. Piece by piece we tear this baby down and find out whats really happening inside. After watching this video you will have a good...

So the answer to how does a Polaroid camera work is that the film combines a very large sequence of film development steps into a process that can be activated by the application of a reagent smeared over the film by a set of rollers.

Polaroids are special piece of technology and have changed the way people take photographs. This is how they work and how a polaroid cameras work. You can still get film too!...

In 1949, Polaroid made more than $5 million in camera sales alone! Over the proceeding 50 years, the company carved out its own special niche, selling millions of instant cameras and more than a billion rolls of instant film. In this article, we'll find out what's actually happening inside instant film while you're waiting for the image to appear.