Olympus's focus-free 35mm compact — fixed 34mm lens, 1/100 shutter, ISO switch, flash with red-eye reduction, 1996.
The Shoot & Go R was Olympus's cheapest route into 35mm photography in the mid-1990s, a focus-free compact made in China from 1996. It updated the original 1993 Shoot & Go — the same camera without red-eye reduction — and sat at the very bottom of the Olympus film range, well below the Trip and Superzoom lines.
The fixed 34mm lens uses three elements in three groups, with focus set permanently from 1.2m to infinity and an optimal zone of roughly 1.2-3m. The shutter is fixed at 1/100 sec, and exposure is set by a film-speed switch offering ISO 100/200 or ISO 400 positions; the same switch widens the aperture and turns on the built-in flash, which includes a red-eye reduction system.
With no autofocus, no meter and a single shutter speed, results depend on forgiving colour negative film and reasonable light. It suits students and beginners trying film on a minimal budget, and the light plastic body makes it an undemanding carry-everywhere snapshot camera in the disposable-camera spirit, but reloadable.
Used examples sell for very little, so condition outweighs completeness. Check the flash charges and fires, that the ISO/aperture switch clicks positively between positions, and that advance and rewind run through a full dry cycle. Inspect the simple triplet lens for scratches and haze, and confirm the film door closes light-tight.