Olympus Stylus (Mju)

This little camera is, in my opinion, the best single-lens autofocus camera ever made by Olympus, even better in some ways than the successor, the Stylus Epic (mju-II)

Olympus Stylus (Mju)
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It inherited the clamshell design from the XA series and its lens is similar to the one from the XA2. The lens is a very sharp 3-element 35mm F3.5 assisted by a precision multi-beam 100 steps autofocus. It was an engineering challenge to make such a compact and advanced camera. The designer was nothing else than the legend Yoshihisa Maitani.

The camera can accept dx-coded films from ISO 50 to 3200. The exposure is full automatic with shutter speeds from 1/15s to 1/500s. Unfortunately, it lacks speeds below 1/15s (The Mju-II can go lower)

The built-in electronic flash can be operated in four modes, full-auto, fill-in, red-eye reduction and off.

I found mine for about $15 in perfect working order, hard to beat.

The Mju-II has better specs, like a 4-element 35mm F2.8 lens and speeds low as 4 seconds, but nowadays it's a rather expensive camera compared to the mju-I, but its lens isn't that sharp at maximum aperture.

Pros: Sharp lens, compact, inexpensive

Cons: No longer than 1/15s shutter speeds :( 

We can make a parallel with the Olympus XA and XA2. The XA is better specced in all ways but by no means makes the XA2 a lesser option. They are different, especially in price and some minor features. Used in daylight I dare you to distinguish photos made with both. The same happens with the Mju and Mju-II.