Which one you think you rather have?
I have a Rollei 35 but it doesn't work. When I bought my first XA it was in 1979 and I chose it instead of the Minox or the Rollei.I use an XA. I do a lot of shooting in dim places and while rangefinder is squinty I find it useful. For point n shoot I use a Contax T3 (because I already have one, at today’s prices I would get an XA2).
The XA is also light and well designed, so no case needed.
If you can stand the weight in your pocket and estimate distance, but get a brighter finder, think about a Rollei 35. XA has faster lens.
Just keep it away from sand. I speak from personal experience.That being said, it’s my default camera for going to the beach.
Poor man Leica M7? No wonder Leica discontinued it ans it's the only film Leica with aperture priority.In five years of use my XA never let me down. The 35mm f2.8 lens has enough differential focus wide open for creative use. Almost silent, unobtrusive, pocketable, built-in lens hood, lightweight, battery lasts forever, the poor man's Leica
Just keep it away from sand. I speak from personal experience.
Right. In the case of the XA, it's not a lost cause if you address it right away. With some finagling, the sliding cover will come off enabling a thorough cleaning. Afterwards, I think it worked better than before the sand incident. What you don't want to do is keep using it hoping it will work itself out.Same advice from my side - a few grains of sand can ruin the "clamshell" mechanism rapidly.
The lady of the house took our Olympus mju:II to the beach - the clamshell lens cover fails to operate; camera didn't work anymore.
The XA has a similar mechanism.
I second that. Having both XA and XA2, it seems that the XA2 is getting much more use. Yes, the lens is a little bit slower, but the zone focusing and not thinking much about the aperture saves a few seconds of thinking which might be too long for this very moment, and the moment is over.for street photo XA2 hands down
zone focus is great
A photographer I used to follow owned one. He moved to other point and shoots, I think his XA4 failed at some point. They had a fairly short life and are pricey these days, in the UK anywhere from £100 to £260+ for a boxed example with flash. The XA series have a membrane shutter which tends to fail at some point. The exception is the XA1, an underrated camera with a conventional shutter and Trip style cell around the lens.I'm interested in the XA4 with the 28mm f/3.5 wide angle lens and minimum focus distance 0.3m. It seems pretty rare these days - experiences ?
A photographer I used to follow owned one. He moved to other point and shoots, I think his XA4 failed at some point. They had a fairly short life and are pricey these days, in the UK anywhere from £100 to £260+ for a boxed example with flash. The XA series have a membrane shutter which tends to fail at some point. The exception is the XA1, an underrated camera with a conventional shutter and Trip style cell around the lens.
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