Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The XA is a much more usable camera, and also takes great pictures. But, you can really tell the difference in a 16 X 20 or even an 11 X 14 - - the XA tops out at 8 X 10 for me, unless it is one of those shots where I don't care about such technical hoopla as fine resolution and crisp details. Still, it makes for great vacation slide shows with Kodachrome 200! - - marc On Saturday, November 30, 2002, at 11:49 AM, Rafael Alday wrote: > I got a Minox 35 GTE. Very good camera but it is very prone to flare > even > with hood. Furthermore, the hood is difficult to mount and occupy the > lower > half of the finder. The lens is very good but I sold the Minox and got > a XA. > I am just trying. > Rafael > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marc Attinasi" <marc@attinasi.org> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 6:52 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT - Minox 35 > > >> I have one and I love it. It does have an incredible lens, and the AE >> system is dead-on too. I like to shoot Kodachrome 200 in mine, makes >> for a great pocketable rig. The one problem is that it is purely >> guess-focusing, so I end up shooting with a large DOF setting (f8) - >> it >> can limit the kinds of shots I get, but all in all it is a fine >> camera. >> Another one I like, similar to the Minox, is the Olympus XA, a nice >> little pocket camera with a rangefinder for focusing. Not as sharp as >> the Minox, but still excellent. >> >> The XA and Minox 35 are real bargains - no excuse for not trying them >> out :-) >> >> - marc >> >> On Friday, November 29, 2002, at 11:19 PM, Henry Ting wrote: >> >>> >>> A friend of mine show me a Minox GTE and some enlarged >>> prints. The pictures are stunningly sharp and color >>> saturations are to my eyes comparable to my Leica >>> shots. >>> >>> Anybody have experience with these little Minox ? >>> It seems to me to be the perfect pocket camera. >>> >>> >>> __________________________________________________ >>> Do you Yahoo!? >>> Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. >>> http://mailplus.yahoo.com >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe, see >>> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > _______________________________________________________________ > Copa del Mundo de la FIFA 2002 > El único lugar de Internet con vídeos de los 64 partidos. > ¡Apúntante ya! en http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/fc/es/ > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html