My XA is very sharp besides some chroma at corners with bright backgroud and
some falloff. I think you really need to sell your XA or ....
C.H.Ling
> -----Original Message-----
> Lama-Jim L'Hommedieu
> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 1:35 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: My XA review: was Re: [OM] oly point and shoot
>
>
> Here's a review in 12 "frames" of the XA. I have shot one roll
> (24 exp actually) with mine (bought last month).
>
> frame # 1. I shot EI 100 film and got "okay" snapshots in full
> sunlight. Good enough web pictures of my cat drinking from a puddle
> or whatever. Almost, sorta, barely good enough for 4x6 prints.
>
> frame # 2. Almost all shots in open shade showed camera
> movement. Advice on the net is to always use EI 400 film. The trigger is
> not mechanical. Some folks on the web say they've grown
> accustomed to it. Not one person has said that the shutter location and
> "feel" are intuitive and fall readily under the finger.
>
> frame # 3. If you're shooting with the flash, you get f4. The
> problem with that is that it's not sharp at f4. Multiple reviews say
> that any scene with a normal range of tones will show flare at f4
> in the highlights. We're not talking about specular highlights.
> Apparently this is a single coated lens.
>
> frame # 4. Massive light falloff from the flash in corners (and
> edges) make it an "okay" snapshot camera. I would never call it a
> sharp lens.
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