Olympus Mju Zoom 105 Delux

Another Mju Zoom for $3, I couldn’t resist it. This one was the deluxe version due to the remote control and quartz date. I put a new battery in the remote and it seemed to work, but I needed to read the instructions to use it efficiently. You can read about this 1995 camera on this website and find technical details here.

I really don’t know what to say that hasn’t already been said. If you want a cheap point and shoot, this one is fine. It is weatherproof, has a nice zoom, a retractable cover, and a viewfinder diopter.

I wandered around with it in my bag and then while going to the cinema I got this film and 2 other developed at a new-to-me lab. This lab was not in a major place and I think the chemicals were old. The negs I got back were all a bit purple. Plus I don’t have ready access to a cd player right now. So I had to scan the negs myself. Welcome to my purple life.

This camera was fine, it was not great. I would not recommend it, even for $3. The lowest aperture available was f5.6 which is really not great, especially for a weatherproof camera that might be used on a dull day. I know the film was not processed well, but it really did not handle the cloudy day well.

Keep or sell: I sold it back to the second hand shop, definitely not worth the weight.

10 thoughts on “Olympus Mju Zoom 105 Delux”

2018-08-25 at 7:30 pm

Toby says:

Hate that eBay sellers are ripping people off with these things just because of the mju name and as far as I know none of the mju zooms are worth more than £5.
Pentax Espio range are far better.

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2018-08-25 at 7:39 pm
windswept007 says:

I thought the 70 did well, and I quite liked the 140..but this one was a pile of poo.

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2018-08-25 at 7:42 pm
windswept007 says:

Actually looking back through my posts, this the first one I didn’t like. Including the one I sent you 😛

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