My Polaroid now + inaccurate exposure

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I bought the Polaroid now+ and I ended up with an extremely bad experience.
I will put up photos to show you what is going on. On the same day, time and scene. Shot both Polaroid and Fuji. In a low light area I opened the Polaroid app for metering and got the same result of dark photos.
It may be my problem, but I asked my friend,she owns a 680 and every time she shoots the exposure is accurate. She said her friend have a Polaroid now camera and the same scene with the flash on would get an inaccurately exposed photo.
I hope you can give me some advice and experience. Thanks!
 

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The collection of 5 photos shown in one shot all look fine! The single shot (...2652.jpg does look a bit underexposed)

From that result I would not conclude the ,meter is to blame.
 
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wiltw said:
The collection of 5 photos shown in one shot all look fine! The single shot (...2652.jpg does look a bit underexposed)

From that result I would not conclude the ,meter is to blame.
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The 5 collection photos are Fuji, it is very accurate exposure and beautiful photos.
The camera and photos I said the problem is Polaroid now + series（now now+ go）
 

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snownight said:
The 5 collection photos are Fuji, it is very accurate exposure and beautiful photos.
The camera and photos I said the problem is Polaroid now + series（now now+ go）
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Well then, one underexposed shot out of three is still not an indication of a general problem. (It would have been nice if you had explained what you posted...somhow we were suppose to simply know the 5 were shot with Fuji?!)
 
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wiltw said:
Well then, one underexposed shot out of three is still not an indication of a general problem. (It would have been nice if you had explained what you posted...somhow we were suppose to simply know the 5 were shot with Fuji?!)
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Thank you all for your replies. My English is not very good.
I was also metering the shots according to the Fuji instax experience when I was using Polaroid. But the Polaroid metering is very bad.
I posted the results of other people's tests in #3 and still have problems with the now and go series metering system. Will get an underexposed photo
 

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You should look at them with your eyes instead...

OP: I would take the Polaroid back to the dealer and trade in for one you will be happy with.
 
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choiliefan said:
You should look at them with your eyes instead...

OP: I would take the Polaroid back to the dealer and trade in for one you will be happy with.
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I'm not sure if it's my use or the camera's metering that's the problem. Do you have some suggestions or analysis?
 

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snownight said:
I'm not sure if it's my use or the camera's metering that's the problem. Do you have some suggestions or analysis?
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Could you post a few more examples? I've had good luck floating the developing film on a bowl of hot water.
 

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They look just like Polaroid photos to me. I even tried it w/ my eyes, same thing. I was never able to get more than one or two out of a pack of Polaroids to look decent, so you're doing better than I ever did.
 

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Flash will make most photos look funny. I never use one, natural or room lighting all the time. You might want to send the camera back if you think the metering is off, or use a pack of film to make test exposures and keep notes to determine where your camera's metering needs to be changed.
 

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One note is that the polaroid film seems to have less dynamic range than the Fuji. That being said I tried a new batch with a new Now+ and was quite pleased with the results in full auto mode.
 

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