But the fact is that if roses were called “fetid sewage and cheese flowers,” you’d probably never stick your nose in one to find out.

Sometimes our prejudicial reaction to a familiar name keeps us from enjoying something or someone altogether new. The wounded winsomeness of a Casey Affleck, for example, or the song stylings of an Ashlee Simpson.

So here, for the Nth time, is a stylish little digital camera with a lot going for it—a seven-megapixel resolution, a 3x optical zoom, image stabilization. In spite of its compact design, it sports a generously-proportioned 2.5" LCD and is expandable with SD cards. It’s even got a distinctive look. The main strike against it is something over which it has no control: The Polaroid name.

Hey, maybe that’s enough for you to write it off. Dismiss it. Pfft, Polaroid, no thanks. But let us ask you just one thing: You liked Casey in that Ocean’s Eleven, right?

Think about it.

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