A few weeks ago I bought my first camera this year from a Twitter friend … I have wanted an Olympus XA ever since using my Olympus XA1.
The XA1 is very limiting with very little control over the camera other than point and shoot which is still fun and I am not knocking it but being able to have a pocketable little camera that has full control of all of the variables was very tempting.
As most people who read this blog probably know that film cameras have sky rocketed over the last few years especially the better more sought after models like the XA so I didn’t buy one until I was offered this one for and excellent price.
Anyway once the camera arrived complete with the flash which I was not expecting I was eager to try it out so I loaded it with a roll of Kentmere 400 and went out for a little walk.
The camera was a joy to use even the rangefinder focus was pretty bright and easy.
I developed the roll in ilfotec LC29 1+19 dilution for 8 minutes and the results were just as I hoped, nice sharp and contrasty images , OK nothing special to look at as I just wanted to make sure that the camera was working but as they were all in focus and exposed ok I was well happy.
I have a roll of Agfa Vista loaded as I blog this so I may add them to this post once I have finished them.
So here are the images …
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The XA series is great, but you can’t beat the XA for the amount of control you can get out of a compact camera! I have an XA and an Olympus XA2, and love them both.
Awesome pictures. Love them. God bless