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I was very excited to see this camera in a junk bin. I thought it might be the famed Mju II, but no. Still, it looked like a clean version and might work. Plus, it was only $3, awesome.

I walked around a couple of places, including Asakusa. The rounded design of the camera made it feel really comfortable to hold. I didn’t have a strap on it at that point, but it was small enough to hold in my tiny hands and fit in a pocket. It is literally a point-and-shoot, no zoom. The only thing you have to think about is the flash. There are four flash settings: auto, auto-s, off, and fill-in. It reverts to auto on shutdown. The auto-s is for red-eye reduction.

The lens has a focal distance of 35mm with a minimum aperture of f/3.5. It was released in 1992 and has magnets which move a mask in front of the film for panorama shots. When I scanned the film, I noticed white lines in some photos. I wasn’t sure if it was the scanner or the mask. Looking closely at the negatives, I could see it was a scanner issue. Phew.

Here is my test roll.

I prefer the closer shots to the landscapes. The tree trunk and the Starbucks cup especially show the great focusing capabilities of the camera. Despite the issues with the film and scanner, I really like the camera. I have already put in my last purple Lomography roll, which I don’t like. Maybe this camera will change my mind.

Keep or sell: I actually sent this camera to a friend, but got another one a few years later.

I used a Lomochrome purple in this camera. Read about it here.