I'm looking for advice for a replacement for my Olympus Mju 850SW camera which I have been using for around 10 years. Essentially I want a similar compact, robust camera that I can take out and not have to worry about but I would like a better picture quality which I presume I can get from a more modern camera. As a comparison, I'd be looking for a picture quality similar to my phone which I've used on a couple of nice weather days but don't want to take out on a nasty Scottish winter climbing day. For the record it is an iPhone SE which seems to be ~12 megapixels and my mju 8 megapixels.
Any recommendations from users here would be very useful.
From the internet and previous posts there appear to be a number of possible alternatives. The Olympus Tough TG4/5 which is recommended by many. However, the Tough cameras are bigger and perhaps are a bit more faff to carry in your jacket chest pocket or trouser pocket (mju is around 2/3 of the size).
I'm also concerned the glass in front of the tough-4/5 lens could get easily scratched. Does anyone have any experience with this? The mju has a lens cover that moves away when the camera is switched on so I have never even bothered with a case for it and it is still going strong after all this time. It seems you need to buy a conversion ring to fit a lens cap to the tough cameras.
Panasonic DMC FT30 seems smaller and more compact but not sure how good it is. Has anyone used it?