Would anyone like an Olympus XA" for free?

[Steve Smith]

In the spirit of generosity as shown in this thread: (there was a url link here which no longer exists) in which John Fyfe gave away several refurbished Ansco/Agfa folding cameras, I have decided to give away my surplus Olympus XA2 cameras to anyone who has a use for them.

I have an original XA which I am going to keep but up for grabs are the following:

2 x Olympus XA2 in working condition. I got these as a pair which were bolted next to each other on a plate (using tripod mount threads). I assume they were used to take stereo images. They each have a slight modification which is a small copper contact added to the bottom to synchronise the shutters. It has been done well and you probably wouldn't notice if you didn't know.

I also have another XA2 which works o.k. 95% of the time but occasionally the shutter stays open much longer than expected. e.g. about half a second when you are expecting 1/125.
This one is available for spares or repair.

First come, first served. Please email me by converting this into a proper e-mail address: steve.smith.stuff (at) gmail.com (replace the (at) with @). Let me know if you want one of the working ones or the spares/repair one. I will pay the postage.



Steve.

 

[Steve Smith]

Both of the working cameras are now spoken for. Just the spares or repair one left now.


Steve.

 

[Steve Smith]

The spares or repair camera has been requested too now.

All three will be posted soon.

Steve.

 

[Steve Smith]

One fully working XA2 is available again due to its previous claimant realising he didn't really need it and would rather see someone else have it.


Steve.

 

[Kino]

Wonderful gesture, Steve!

I'd jump on it but I have too many cameras as it is; hope a newbie gets it and uses it.

Again, thanks for the generous offer.

Frank

 

[Matthew Allen]

Thanks Steve - I'm looking forward to having a tinker with the spares or repair XA2.

Matthew

 

[Toffle]

I'll add my thanks as well. A very nice gesture... and people say that APUGgers are rude.

I'll see if I have anything worthwhile in my kit to pay it forward. Anyone want a Quantaray 70-300 Nikon zoom? (Don't yell at me, it came with the camera) :rolleyes:

 

[Steve Smith]

That's it. The last one has now been claimed.
All three will be posted tomorrow.


Steve.

 

[Blighty]

Oh bollocks!! I'm too late as usual!

 

[ignatiu5]

Sir, your generosity is seriously cool. You should be justifiably very proud of yourself.

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ignatiu5