The camera was made about thirty years ago and I've put over 50 rolls of film through it since I found it in a thrift store. It has never missed a beat in all that time, and I may have only replaced the three-volt battery once, even though the auto-everything camera must draw quite a bit of power.
I found several examples of the Infinity Stylus in thrift stores over the years and never paid more than ten dollars for them. I was initially incredulous when I saw them going not long ago on ebay for well over $100. On giving some thought to the issue, however, I'm thinking now that the combination of quality output and never-say-die reliability makes the current prices quite understandable.
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The battery door on mine broke recently, so I keep it closed with Scotch tape.
I'm on my second one. The first developed some issues; I forget now what they were. A long-ago reader swapped me the fully working Stylus I have now for my broken one and another camera. He said he'd repair the Stylus and sell it on. That was a dozen years ago. I use my Stylus about once, maybe twice, in a year.
The ease of use of the little mju makes it easy to shoot a whole roll of film in a single outing. The small size and auto-everything operation also makes it a good choice for street work, which I only explored a bit in this last use of it.
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