I wouldn't consider P&S camera as you said, limitation of my creative
control. Upon reading Moose's & your advice, there are XA & Rollei 35 to be
considered within my budget.
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Michael
2008/10/8 Jim Couch <zuikoholic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Moose makes a number of good points in his post regarding the XA vs the
> Rollei and I would second them. I don't know how the Tessar compares but
> I would trust Moose's observations. In comparing lenses I found the
> Sonnar to be slightly superior to the XA, no light falloff at wide
> apertures, a bit sharper, and a bit better contrast as well.
>
> The XA is also a fair amount lighter than the Rollei. I own both cameras
> and the XA was, for many years, my primary climbing camera. A lot of it
> boils down to what you want. If you want a light, go anywhere snapshot
> camera the XA is clearly superior. The Rollei has that beautiful,
> precise mechanical build quality that you just don't see anymore - but
> is not as pocketable, light, or convenient to use.
>
> I also own the third camera Moose mentioned - the Stylus has an razor
> sharp lens, and is a very decent little autofocus P&S, a great little
> shapshot camera, but it is a P&S so you loose a fair amount of 'creative
> control.' Mine served my eldest daughter very well when she went to
> Europe years back - unlike the youngest she never really go the photo
> bug and didn't want to 'have to fiddle with settings' the Stylus allowed
> her to come back with some great photos. The Stylus is a great camera
> that has fallen sharply in value, you could probably pick one up for a
> song and a dance here or on eBay.
>
> Jim Couch
>
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