The first part of my pack of filmthe pictures came out fine, but towards the end there was a brownish film over parts of the image and nothing was exposed in that section. any ideas what's wrong? Is it the film or the camera?

When you take a picture of darkness, are you using flash or uprating the film ?
More seriously, as the film is thirteen years out of date, I seriously doubt if it is still viable. The chemicals within the film pack will have deteriorated over time, and it is my guess that they may well have leaked into the film pack's internal mechanism, thus preventing the photos being ejected. Try again with fresh film.

I assume they are coming out almost completely white. Here are some guesses based on my experience with 4x5 Polaroid film from decades ago. Things may have changed.

First guess: This type of film has small packets of chemicals that are popped open and spread by rollers in the camera. These chemicals develop the film. If the pinch roller's no longer squeeze tightly enough, the film will come out white. Try googling your camera name and rollers to see if others have this problem.

Second guess: Another possibility is the film was not stored properly or expired. Have you tried replacing the film?

Third guess: Not likely, because I expect this camera is fully automatic, but are you able to adjust shutter speed or aperture? The images may be over exposed if shutter speed is slow. Are there mode settings like A, T and M? If so, put the camera into A mode. When you press the button do you hear a fast and immediate click-click, or do you hear a click followed by another click shortly after?

The most common cause is that you didn't load the film correctly.

Hold the camera up to the light with the lens off and the back open. C0ck the shutter ready to fire and press the shutter release as you look through the camera towards a light source. If you see light briefly appear then the shutter is working and you would get some kind of image on the film, even if the shutter was wildly inaccurate. If there's no light, then repeat at all shutter speeds. If you see nothing then the shutter assembly is faulty and the camera effectively becomes a spare part donor as it's not a cost effective repair. If there is some sign of life then the camera probably just needs a good CLA service (Clean, Lubricate, Adjust). Again, not really cost effective, but you do end up with a solid and reliable camera for many more years.

Faulty film loading even catches out experienced photographers, we've all done it. In future, after you load and wind-on the film, check that the rewind crank turns counter clockwise each time you wind the film on to the next shot (you may have to turn the crank clockwise, gently, to take up any slack first).

Polaroid has not manufactured film for 600 cameras in about 5 years now. The only current source is The Impossible Project, which gives 8 shots per pack, black and white images only, and they tend to fade rather quickly. You can find and order online by searching the name. The Polaroid versions available are no longer really usable because the batteries are drained, film has expired and chempaks have oxidized.

The battery packs in these are integrated into the film pack and not replaceable separately.

Unless you got your film from The Impossible Project, then there's no such thing any more as new Polaroid film. There is a lot of overpriced and unused old stock though which is all so long out of date that the batteries (built into the film pack) are all now effectively dead. Often the photo chemicals are stale as well, although if the film has been kept refrigerated (and you only have the sellers word for that) the chemicals may be fine but the battery will still be dead as cold kills batteries.

You have no way to save the current film pack, but to continue to use your camera in future you can either modify it to accept an external 6v d.c power supply (battery pack or mains adapter) or buy film from The Impossible Project.

I hope that my reply has given you suitable options for the continued use of your camera. Please take a moment to rate my answer.

Polaroid has not manufactured film for 600 cameras in about 5 years now. The only current source is The Impossible Project, which gives 8 shots per pack, black and white images only, and they tend to fade rather quickly. You can find and order online by searching the name. The Polaroid versions available are no longer really usable because the batteries are drained, film has expired and chempaks have oxidized.

It's likely your issue is that the chemistry in the film and pack is simply no longer useful.

That's because the battery is flat.

The battery comes as part of the photo pack and basically they're now all flat or have just enough power for a few shots. Not much you can do as the film is long out of production, but there is a company now making monochrome photo packs (only 8 shots though). Unlike original Polaroid photos the images are unstable so you must copy them or photograph them conventionally if you wish to preserve the images.

Click here for The Impossible Project.

Sounds like you have a light leak. At the film plane of your camera the image from the lens is upside down and laterally reversed, so the light leak is at the top left of the film when it's in the camera. If you're shooting for prints look at the strips of negatives. If the edges of the film are affected as well as the picture area then the light leak is at the back. If it's just the picture area then the light leak is through the film gate. If you hold a strip of negatives in the camera with the emulsion towards the lens and the picture upside down and then line up the picture with the film gate this should point to the problem area. All this assumes that your finger wasn't in front of the lens... :-)

You have a bad film pack. Replacing the film pack with a new one should fix the problem. Nothing in the camera can change the color of a picture. The camera can over expose pictures (wash out the picture), under expose pictures (dark pictures), or the picture can be out of focus (blurry).

I fixed this a couple of ways with my own LCA.

One is to stick a piece of paper in between the 2 parts of the tape-up spool (the internal and external parts) to make them a tighter fit.

Also, I often fold the leader of the film back (very close to it's end), and push it inbetween the 2 parts of the take up spool, making sure one sprocket is securely placed into the small tooth/hook on the spool. So, the film is folded around the tooth and towards the back, on the inside of the spool.