Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm with Bob on this. The Olympus XA family are terrific pocketable cameras. I've used the Rollei 35SE and the Petri Color 35 Rollei clone (with improved ergonomics) and while there is much to say on behalf of these two cameras (particularly the metering, and the glass on the Rollei), the Olympus XA and XA-4 are my cameras of choice in the pocketable category. I like the rangefinder capability of the XA and the lens is quite good, if slightly prone to vignetting. The 28mm f3.5 lens with macro capability on the XA-4 really rocks, and is superior to the excellent 35mm f2.8 on the XA, although the XA-4 has even less exposure control than the XA. Great cameras, and in terms of value for the money, much better buys than the more expensive Rolleis. Mark > > > Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 15:29:40 -0500 > From: Bob Keene/Karen Shehade <kabob3@attbi.com> > Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica (OT) Rollei 35 > Message-ID: <B9FC14E4.13E20%kabob3@attbi.com> > References: > > The Rollei 35 is a freaky little camera- I found the Olympus XA to be a > better little travel camera that speaks in a more user friendly way: AND you > can focus it! I travelled to Alaska, Hawaii, Paris and Australia with a > Leica M6, Olympus XA, Eos 1n, and a Fuji GS645s.... In Australia I loaded > some slide film in the XA, "just for fun"... best slides I have ever taken! > It's a palm sized camera with the flash off; perfect for street shooting > from the hip. > > Understand, I shot lots more with the M6... but I love my XA for running > around. > > Bob Keene - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html