Olympus Infinity Twin
The Olympus Infinity Twin may look like many of the other late ‘80s point an shoots but, that is not why they named it the Twin. The Twin sport two lenses. A wide 35 mm and a tele 70 mm. All wrapped in a consumer ready, weather proof plastic brick.
The Olympus Infinity Twin (aka the AF-1 Twin) looks like many of the cameras from 1988. It could be a fraternal twin to the Nikon One Touch 100 but the Olympus has another reason to call it a Twin. They have included two lenses. Not just one lens that refocus to different focal lengths but two separate lenses. The default is a 35 mm f3.5 that they call the WIDE. A red button on top can switch to what they call the TELE 70 mm f6.3. Inside this is accomplish by a mirror dropping down to reflect on to the film. The default lens is a strait exposure as you would expect from a point and shoot.
The flash default is auto. It is an easy one button push to turn off but will reset to auto when you close the camera. Restart on open takes you to all the default settings for flash and lens.
I did find a recall notice from Olympus that covered the Twin and several other models. Seem there is a possible flaw in the flash circuit that could cause it to smoke and overheating. Only 21 cases out of 1.2 million units, but still best to use in a well ventilated area near a large enough body of water to extinguish the camera and user, just in case.
My take
For a point and shoot, the Twin is not too bad. It is big (1988 after all) and brick like but seem durable enough. I like the use of two lenses but took most shots with the 35 mm because it is a point and shoot not a select a lens then point and shoot. Not a fast action camera but also not the intended use.
Not a camera to search out but also not a camera to throw out. If you have one or find one cheap. Give it a try and welcome to 1988 when people and cameras still smoked.