Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I went to Keeble & Schucat to pick up some Rapid Fixer couple weeks ago, I jokingly said that I am moving backward in times, and I probably will do glass plates at some points. We had a good laugh... Last week, I picked up a good condition Olympus XA on EBay. I had one twenty some years ago and stopped using it only because the rewind crank broke. Always miss having a small camera that doesn't need much juice, on "immediately," and allow manual controls. Took a roll of Tri X and it seems to work just fine. Only problem is that the pictures do not have that Leica punch :-) but then at $50 vs. $5000, I guess it's much better than 1% as good :-) // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)