Polaroid PDC-2000 (1996)
Looking like a toy lifted right off Batman’s utility belt, the Polaroid PDC-2000 was targeted more towards professionals and included features like a durable magnesium alloy body, swappable lenses, and a sonar-based autofocus mechanism, which explains the grill on the front that looks like a shower head.
Its 1MP sensor could snap 800×600 images (huge, for the time) but what made the PDC-2000 really stand out amongst the competition was that it included 40-60MB of internal memory when most digital cameras offered just 1-2MB inside. That also helps explain why the Polaroid PDC-2000 cost between $3,695 and $4,995 at the time—the equivalent of $7,100+ to $9,500+ today.
