{"id":14358,"date":"2015-04-07T07:11:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T14:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=14358"},"modified":"2015-04-07T07:11:18","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T14:11:18","slug":"olympus-xa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=14358","title":{"rendered":"Olympus XA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-full wp-image-14662\"><span><span><span><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14662\" alt=\"OlympusXA-0926\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/OlympusXA-0926.jpg\" width=\"415\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/OlympusXA-0926.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/OlympusXA-0926-150x99.jpg 150w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/OlympusXA-0926-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Olympus XA is a fantastic little rangefinder if your willing to live within its limits.\u00a0 Those limits are primarily the tiny focus lever and its aperture priority with minimal over rides.\u00a0 At it&#8217;s heart is the 35mm f2.8 six element lens that produces sharp images from corner to corner despite how close the design requires it to be to the film.\u00a0 The rounded edges and clam shell lens cover make it a joy to hold in the hand or slip into a pocket.\u00a0 The XA is really one of the iconic cameras of the 1980&#8217;s and rightly so.\u00a0 The camera is also incredibly quiet with only a small<em> &#8216;snick&#8217;<\/em> of a shutter sound and no motor noises\u00a0with it&#8217;s thumbwheel film advance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 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