Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Point and Shoot
From: "Mārtiņš Zelmenis" <martin@lrpv.lv>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:49:31 +0300

Right you are about the XA - except that the images come out a little too
soft in the corners. Now everybody is lauding another PS Olympus, marketed
here in Europe as<Mju II>;  I've heard it's got an incredible metering
system, that surpasses even some SLRs.

Martin


I have had the Yashica and Contax P&S. The Yashica did not last, the Contax
was too costly for the amount of use. Then I bought an Olympus XA. For the
money it cannot be surpassed. And the quality of the photos is phenomenal.
Manual focus, manual or AE exposure, 35/2.8 lens, detachable flash, and a
sliding clamshell design that protects the lens and acts as a system switch.
I use it for casual pix but Joe Dickerson, a local photog makes *very*
decent 16x20 prints with the XA.

Joe


From: "Robert W. Clark" <rclark@desupernet.net>

> A few weeks ago, my wife's Yashica T4 with the Carl Zeiss 3.5 lens stopped
> working and the factory said it would cost more to replace it than to get
a
> new one.  We need a point and shoot but not with a zoom lens.  I liked the
> Yashica but was frustrated from time to time that it tended to focus
between
> things than on them.  Other than that, it was an excellent camera, small
> enough to take anywhere, and it has a nice fill flash capability.  I may
get
> another Yashica ($150 or so)but I'm curious as to what the Leica Nation
> might be using or might prefer....maybe a Minilux?
>
> Robert Clark
> Lancaster, PA


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