How have I missed this for so long

[Solinar]

I'd be using my XA all the time if it didn't have the famous dodgy shutter button (first in the queue to the menders). And the vignetting can be a bit off-putting.

Another D.I.Y. fix, see the link below.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137072

Even if you fail miserably - it wasn't the world's most expensive camera.

Best Regards,

 

[tbhv55]

PS (Edit) I've a photo from the XA2 in "Churches" in W/NW Words no Words. post No 317 to show it off.

Nice... your XA2 shot appears to be a great deal clearer than anything I've had from mine. I suspect that there may be something slightly amiss with my XA2.🙁

 

[David Hughes]

Thanks, I've always been fond of that little camera and often wonder if I was especially lucky with it. Probably luck plays a bigger part than we realise with old, second-hand cameras. Luckily they are dirt cheap and fairly easy to find...

Regards, David

 

[shadowfox]

 

[julio1fer]

Indeed the Pen D series (although half frame) is another marvel!

For the OP: consider an XA2 as well. I have extensively used both XA and XA2. In 99% of the subjects you do not really need the rangefinder. The XA2 gives excellent sharpness.

Of course the XA is the iconic one.