> Talking with a photo reseller he has showed me
> an Olympus XA in good conditions (used by himself).
>...
> What is your opinion ?
I tried a couple, as I'm looking for a pocket manual camera. Nice camera,
nice pictures, except:
- hair trigger shutter on the ones I tried; you have to be a bit careful
- out of focus background somewhat harsh at intermediate apertures;
not a serious complaint but you'd have to be careful with background
- quite noticeable vignetting with even-colored things like blue sky.
This last point is why I haven't bought one (yet). See also Gary Reese's
lens tests at http://members.aol.com/olympusom/lenstests/default.htm (the XA
is second item under "Point and Shoot"). The vignetting might not be as much
of a problem for people shots, street scenes, etc., but I thought it might
be depressing to always keep the sky out of my photographs (:-)
> I have read XA vs Rollei 35 opinions on this list months ago.
Great! Can anyone give me an approximate pointer into the archives, by
issue# or date?
Regards,
Andrew
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