Why are my photos coming out black?

Well.. to be honest I cried a lot because it was my first day having it so I took the first picture and it came out PERFECT then I took my second one like 30 minutes later and it came out black and white we tryed so many stuff and even took the film out but here’s a little recommendation (DO NOT TAKE THE FILM OUT NO MATTER WHAT!) so my stupid self took it out after the 4th black picture and that was it so it was the film so then I changed the film and the it turned out a little black with white dots and then the second one came out Perfect so my suggestion change the film!

I have this same problem and the camera was brand new just out of the box. I had 3 dark photos with one tiny whit circle in it in all three photos that were taken in different places. I followed the troubleshooting page and turned the brightness level one farther away from the house one and it fixed the problem

I’m pretty sure the pictures that print out take time to dry, correct?

If the picture doesn’t appear on the film after about 20 min, then something might be wrong with the printing or the shutter mechanism.

I had this problem as well. I wasted a whole pack of 10 but the first one and the last one came out coloured for me and I found out that right after taking the photo, try and face it down on a surface. And wait a few minutes. That worked for me, and hopefully works for u :)). Mine is a the mini 9 btw.

Like right after u take a picture. Try and face ur Polaroid picture down on a flat surface. That way it will dry with out a problem. My problem was the flim. So it

Try going outside and putting it on max lighting cuz that fixed mine.

It is happening to me too I have tried all the suggestions. I changed the batteries and tried to clean the lens but it did not work. I found out that I just had to adjust the zoom and place the film on a flat surface. 5 minutes later I found a picture with full color! Try adjusting the zoom!

anyone had solution??

I dropped my camera and then took a picture and it came out black then i cleaned my camera hole and you cant see through it its all-black what do I do?

I just found out how. If you open the camera back then take the film out, you will find a shiny black tape. Peel it off. everything is solved.

I spent too much film, why does my film turns all black, only 1 photo can be developed the first shot and then the rest all black. If i changed the film same story, how i will fix this or shud i say why fujifilm not trying to fix this kind of problems, it’ll not make their customers satisfy.

I have a mini 11 and always had my photos turning black.Then I started thinking about how the lighting could be doing this.

Always take photos where it is not many bright lights and try to stay in the safe place with the same lighting.

On my Mini 9 it appears to me that the iris sometimes gets misaligned when you rotate the exposure wheel (the wheel at the front of the lens with a notch that lines up with icons for indoor, cloudy weather, sunny weather, etc. .) to adjust for the light conditions. The random misalignment of the iris in the lense may explain why you will have properly exposed photos and then the next ones you take are all black. Unfortunately, I dont think there is any real fix to this if you're not handy with disassembly and repair. It is just poor build quality.

So I've been having this problem and I have figured it out. I believer the shutter gets stuck after the first picture is taken. If you open up the film door and close it back up right away, it resets the shutter and takes the photo and prints it right out. If you don't open the door and close it right away, the next photo comes out black. I know it says not to open the door but it does help and the photos come out clear. Just do it in a dark area.

I had a same problem, mechanism-wheel on the lens, that choosing different exposure settings, skip one toot, and because that wheel with different exposures inside lens was out of alignment and didn't let enough light to hit film. Simple fix, just dial exposure gear all a way up inside camera. Its black plastic cylindric gear on lens mechanism and choosing wheel on outside of camera all way on first position when closing camera. Basically camera needed simple recalibration. 15 minutes fix. Be careful when you working with open camera, there is condenser that running flash, it hit me, give me little shake on finger :) nothing major and dangerous, just unexpected.

No its not that my phone seems black i go in camera but i cant see my face its black !

Hey everyone, it was the piece of black tape for me! Strange, as I have put many cartridges thru this camera already. Here’s where the hole is located: look on the front of camera above the lens where the two little holes for exposure are located. Now find the back of those holes within the camera body where u put the film cartridge. It’s a piece of black tape on a piece of black plastic so look carefully!