{"id":4147,"date":"2011-09-22T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=4147"},"modified":"2011-09-21T21:03:17","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T04:03:17","slug":"in-celebration-of-the-small-olympus-xa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=4147","title":{"rendered":"In celebration of the small, Olympus XA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Small is beautiful as far as I&#8217;m concerned when it comes to cameras.\u00a0 Here are some frames from my Olympus XA which is the smallest true rangefinder that I own.\u00a0 I wish that I could design my own camera free of any concerns about money or infinging on copyright or purhaps the laws of physics.\u00a0 It would end up being pretty small and not necesarily have a lot of features beyond easy controls, something like a digital\u00a0Olympus XA maybe?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-full wp-image-4161\"><span><span><span><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4161\" title=\"wkoopmans_Olympus_XA-1-2\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wkoopmans_Olympus_XA-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wkoopmans_Olympus_XA-1-2.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wkoopmans_Olympus_XA-1-2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is the XA nestled next to the Pentax K10D with grip, which wouldn&#8217;t be confused for a small camera, unless you were a gaint.<\/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: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid 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size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wkoopmans_Olympus_XA-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wkoopmans_Olympus_XA-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small is beautiful as far as I&#8217;m concerned when it comes to cameras.\u00a0 Here are some frames from my Olympus XA which is the smallest true rangefinder that I own.\u00a0 I wish that I could design my own camera free of any concerns about money or infinging on copyright or purhaps the laws of physics.\u00a0 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