Disappointments

[Wes Medlin]

Olympus XA series. The electronic shutter release button seems to have a sweet spot, and you have to press it just right. Of course, when I really need to take a shot, I miss the sweet spot. And trying to focus the rangefinder on the XA is joke.

That said, I'm carrying an XA2 with me today. Nice cameras, just that they could have been so much more.

Oh, and the other disappointment? Digital.

Wes

 

[novum]

visible grain in areas that are out of focus, even on prints smaller than 8x10, when using iso 400 film. i must be doing something wrong...

What are you doing? I like grain, but that sounds like something's wrong. Film, developer, process?

 

[novum]

I also have the Mamiya 645 and rarely use it on a tripod...my beef with it is the second shutter release on top...I have hit it too many times...I lock the shutter when I'm done shooting or else I might lose another frame...

Reminds me of how annoying my Rollei 6006's (v.1) shutter release buttons were. One non-recessed button on each side of the lens, with a hair-trigger motorized film advance guaranteed to waste film now and then.