Hello all! I went to college for photography for 2 years before switching to business. I have the basic camera (old school film) knowledge but did miss two very important classes on LARGE FORMAT!

My sweet husband purchased me a mint condition polaroid 100a camera. This thing is beautiful! He bought it for me to start getting into the large format photography that I have always dreamed of. I started looking into the camera and noticed that all the camera's were modified. When I asked him about the modifications he said that I could use the camera as is by just loading the film directly into the camera in a dark room.....of course I'm already groaning about not having preloaded film, having to carry a portable dark room tent, and also am questioning if that would even work. Has anyone had any experience with this? Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Cheri