What is the cheapest used Polaroid PDC 3030 in the UK?

The cheapest used Polaroid PDC 3030 currently listed is £20.15 at eBay, based on 8 listings compared across 1 UK retailers.

How many used Polaroid PDC 3030 are for sale in the UK?

There are currently 8 used Polaroid PDC 3030 listings available across 1 UK retailers on UsedLens, updated daily.

What sensor format does the Polaroid PDC 3030 use?

The Polaroid PDC 3030 features a other sensor.

Used Polaroid PDC 3030 for Sale — From £20

£20.15 Low price

£59.99 High price

8 Listings

1 Retailers

1 New this week

2 Reduced

Great for: general beginner

Polaroid's early-2000s 3.2MP budget digicam — focus-free lens, SmartMedia storage, runs on four AAAs.

The Polaroid PDC 3030 was an early-2000s budget digital compact sold under the Polaroid name during the era when the brand was licensed onto inexpensive consumer electronics. It belonged to the PDC series of entry-level digicams that Polaroid offered through supermarkets and catalogue retailers as cheap first digital cameras.

It has a 3.2-megapixel CMOS sensor behind a focus-free 8.4mm f/2.8 lens with a minimum focus distance of 1.5m, plus 3x digital (not optical) zoom. Framing uses a real-image optical viewfinder or the small 1.4-inch LCD, exposure spans 1/8 to 1/1000 second at ISO 100, and the built-in flash reaches 2-3m. Images store to 8MB internal memory or SmartMedia cards, it records 320 x 240 AVI clips, connects over USB, and runs on four AAA batteries.

Today the PDC 3030 is mainly of interest to Y2K digicam enthusiasts who enjoy low-resolution, hard-flash aesthetics, and to collectors of Polaroid-badged oddities. As a practical camera it is very limited: fixed focus, digital-only zoom and a tiny screen make it a novelty rather than a usable everyday compact.

The main used-market issue is storage: SmartMedia cards have been discontinued for years, so a working card, or willingness to shoot with the small internal memory and USB transfer, is essential. On the plus side, AAA batteries avoid dead proprietary packs. Check the LCD, flash and USB transfer all function, and expect modest image quality by any modern standard.