Why mourn the loss of Polaroid?

I remember it as being just a way of getting cheap, instant gratification from photos, with mediocre results and as a test film for pros. Even compared to the results from snap-shot 135 cassette film, it was second-rate.
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'I cried because I had no E-3. Then I met a man with no E-510'

Olympus E-410, E-330, Nikon D100 & Pentax K20D.
40 lenses of various types