Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yup, Had the same problem. Come to think of it, I might never have discovered Leicas if I were still using the XA. It was a good little camera. John At 01:11 PM 08/16/1999 +0000, Christer Almqvist wrote: >After the shutter release had got stuck twice and had been repaired at >great cost, I threw the camera into the dustbin when it got stuck the third >time. Otherwise I liked it ;-) > >(Never had a problem with any of my M6!) > >Chris > >>Since Bill Larsen just reminded us: "There used to be a lot of talk about >>rangefinder cameras (which is the charter of the list --- not Leica in >>general). . . " >>I bought a little Olympus XA at a garage sale yesterday - what a cutie. >>Everything seems to work, and the rangefinder is bright. The aperture >>priority adjustment looks simple and lets you decide whether depth of field >>is important instead of the usual P&S auto everything. With a 35mm f2.8 lens >>and an extremely quiet shutter, this could be a fun camera. I hope to run a >>roll through it in the next day or two. Anybody have any thoughts or >>experience re the XA? >> >>Thanks, >>Gary Todoroff >>Tree LUGger > > >-- >christer almqvist >eichenstrasse 57, d-20255 hamburg, fon +49-40-407111 fax +49-40-4908440 >14 rue de la hauteur, f-50590 regnéville-sur-mer, fon+fax +33-233 45 35 58 > >