Olympus XA & XA2

JGOB · May 4, 2016

Any idea if the back doors on the XA and the XA2 are interchangeable? I've got a real nice XA2 with a crappy back and a dusty XA with a nice back I like the XA2 better so I would like to keep the improved XA2 and sell off the XA

cooltouch · May 4, 2016

I have only the XA so I can't really address your question. But since you have both, it seems to me that you should be able to tell just through a close examination.

Poisson Du Jour · May 4, 2016

No. But at one time Olympus service centres changed backs if the latch was not serviceable or something else warranted exchange.
It is not a DIY job.

The XA2 was not an "improved" version, just a less specified variant of the original, full-featured XA.

John Koehrer · May 4, 2016

^^^His will be improved with the new back.

JGOB · May 4, 2016

John Koehrer said:
^^^His will be improved with the new back.

Indeed
The backs kinda look the same at a first glance.

thuggins · May 5, 2016

They look to me to be identical. It appears that the hinge pin is just retained by a little nub on the bottom plate. If you remove the bottom plate you should be able to slide out the pin.

Give it a try and let us know how it works.

Craig75 · May 9, 2016

I put an xa back on an xa2 no problem

Olympus XA & XA2

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