Sick on the Inside, my Olympus XA Camera
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Posted 2 years, 8 months ago at 3:29 am. 3 comments
I got all hyped up for the New Year’s potluck at Steve’s, because I could finally try out my dad’s Olympus XA. I also have many rolls of unused Agfa film that are no longer available for sale.
Much to my dismay, I saw spots on the lens I couldn’t get rid of. May it be a scratch or fungus, they were on the inside. I googled for repair and disassembly instructions.
Well, maybe not…
Sigh…I can get upset easily when things like this happen. It is a really slick and classic compact camera.
There is a fine line between “I like taking pictures” and “I like photography”. I have always wanted to level up and jump onto the latter. A dear friend recommended a book to me, National Geographic Photography Field Guide 2nd Edition : Secrets to Making Great Pictures. I borrowed it from the library, together with a couple more NG Photography books, and it is definitely a keeper! It is easy to understand and it gets straight to the point. Highly recommended.
(Back from the potluck)
I decided to give the moldy camera a try, let’s see how the party pictures turn out. If the spot did no harm to the pictures, I will try cross-processing next time when I travel.
olympus XA is an excellent camera, imho, with fast lens.
i was hunting for one for ages. i gave up and bought myself an olympus 35RC (a 35mm compact rangefinder camera) and a mju II (some say the equivalent of the XA series)
have fun with the XA
ive been trying to get one at ebay. but they go as high as 100usd! incredible huh! groans*