Olympus XA & XA2

[JGOB]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[JGOB]

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

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

 

[thuggins]

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]

I put an xa back on an xa2 no problem