Polaroid’s Entry-Level 10 MP i1032 Camera

By Geoff Duncan Published May 30, 2006

Although you’d never know it too look at their Web site, press releases, or significant announcements, Polaroid has rolled out its i1032 digital camera, a consumer-oriented point-and-shoot with a video mode and a whopping 10 megapixel resolution. And here’s the kicker: Polaroid’s snuck it into venues like Wal-Mart for as little as $298.

Besides the eye-popping 10 megapixel resolution, the i1032 features a 3x optical and 4x digital zoom, a big 2.4-inch LCD display, a 640 by 480 video mode, and PictBridge support for connecting directly to any PictBridge-compatible printer. The i1032 supports JPEG images (no word on RAW support, but it isn’t listed), plus AVI and MPEG-4 video. The camera comes with 32 MB of internal memory but supports up to 1 GB via SD cards, runs on two AA batteries, and (Polaroid says) requires Win98SE, ME, 2000, or XP. (For what, we don’t know.) And, being a point-and-shoot, the i1032 offers auto-focus and auto-exposure, with the usual auto-flash options, alone with red-eye reduction and fill flash.

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Hey, not bad for $300#151;just be sure to buy some SD storage along with it!

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