Polaroid PDC-5080

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Polaroid PDC-5080

A lot of readers write to us asking why we don't cover certain brands. In the case of Polaroid, it's because they are so terrible at making digital cameras, they're not worth writing about (unless we're specifically talking about terrible cameras). It's a true shame to see the once king of instant photos fall by the wayside and be completely shattered by digital photography, but it's their own fault for clinging to an outmoded style and technology for too long. Plenty of people were suckered into buying Polaroid digital cameras, with happy memories of their film models, and were completely and utterly disappointed by the shoddy designs and poor performance.

Something didn't seem right about the Polaroid PDC-5080. How could they sell a 5.1 megapixel camera for $90 when similar models from other brands cost 4 or 5 times as much? The answer is: it's a cheap, horrible camera that can't really take 5.1 megapixel photos. The PDC-5080 earns a place on this list for sheer audacity. It's the kind of marketing boondoggle that makes the increasing marginalization of Polaroid a lot less upsetting. At the time of this publication, the Polaroid PDC-5080 is a high ranking Google result for the phrase "worst digital camera ever," closely followed by our next entry.