Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html