{"id":7305,"date":"2012-12-17T07:29:08","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T15:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=7305"},"modified":"2012-12-17T10:24:40","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T18:24:40","slug":"olympus-xa2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=7305","title":{"rendered":"Olympus XA2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-full wp-image-7321\"><span><span><span><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7321\" title=\"_K7_6831\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6831.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6831.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6831-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The XA2 (shown on the right) is a wonderful little camera that looks much like the XA. There are key differences though, beginning with the lenses. The XA has a 35mm F. Zuiko lens that has 6 elements and a maximum aperture of 2.8 while the XA2 has the D. Zuiko with 4 elements and a maximum aperture of 3.5.<span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-full wp-image-7323\"><span><span><span><span> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7323\" title=\"_K7_6837\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6837.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6837.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6837-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6837-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-full wp-image-7322\"><span><span><span><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7322\" title=\"_K7_6836\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6836.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6836.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6836-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6836-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Another major difference is that the XA uses rangefinder focusing instead of the simple zone focus system of the XA2 and the final difference being that the XA is aperture priority with the shutter speed shown via a needle in the viewfinder and the XA2 is completely automatic with no feedback.<span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-full wp-image-7319\"><span><span><span><span> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7319\" title=\"_K7_6826\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6826.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6826.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6826-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6826-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-full wp-image-7320\"><span><span><span><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7320\" title=\"_K7_6828\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6828.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6828.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6828-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6828-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>So obviously the XA has many advantages that provide for greater photographic control. That isn&#8217;t the end of it though because using the XA2 is a great shooting experience. Giving up some control you gain back in speed of operation and can turn more attention towards the image you intend to make.<\/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 #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7305 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"frame-outer  attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K7_6837.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Olympus_XA2_Oct2012_007-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"frame-outer  attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Olympus_XA2_Oct2012_003-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Olympus_XA2_Oct2012_003-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"frame-outer  attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\"><span><span><span><span><a href='http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Olympus_XA2_Oct2012_001-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Olympus_XA2_Oct2012_001-2-150x150.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>The XA2 (shown on the right) is a wonderful little camera that looks much like the XA. There are key differences though, beginning with the lenses. The XA has a 35mm F. Zuiko lens that has 6 elements and a maximum aperture of 2.8 while the XA2 has the D. Zuiko with 4 elements and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,6],"tags":[19,64,101],"class_list":["post-7305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameras","category-photography","tag-camera","tag-film","tag-olympus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7305"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7305"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7494,"href":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7305\/revisions\/7494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}