Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, I don't want to belabor the point but if your XA produces superb results, what kind of results do you get from your Leica? In any event, my wife is now quite pleased with the Minilux except that it won't produce close-ups (which to her means no telephoto):-) Regards, Bud "Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" wrote: > Bud, > > Well I own an XA and have taken it around the world as a backup. My > pictures on slide film were superb. Yes, they were not Leica quality, but > projected to a very large wall size image they held up. I have had my XA > repaired 3 times since I first bought it in 1982 (clumsy me, I dropped it > on occasion.) It is not built like a tank, but smaller than most and very > useful as a backup. It is certainly smaller than comparable P/S including > the Leicas. For shaprest photos the lens is best at F8 and F11. I try no > to use it wide open, where (like most other lenses including some Leica > lenses) it is not good! :-( > May I suggest you get your wife's XA checked at a reputable repair place, > perhaps even at Olympus if they still repair them. Perhaps the camera is out > of sorts. > > Peter K >