Just Got An Xa & Flash

[ARCHIVIST]

I was given an XA, with its flash, yesterday.

I used to sell these new when I worked in camera stores but have never used one.

It has a bright and accurate finder and the meter appears to be spot on.

The one I was given has the very slightest amount of fungus at the edges of the lens.

Are they worth having serviced or do I just sell it off?

If worth servicing to whom in Australia would I take it to please?

Regards
Peter

 

[DNG]

It depends,,
The camera is worth around $50-75 in most cases.... But a CLA may be higher than that....

Buy a 12x roll and take some photographs with it. The fungus, if only at the edges, may not effect the image at all.

 

[ARCHIVIST]

Thanks DNG.

The fungus is indeed at the edges so I am sure that it would only impact on the image if used wide open. I am of two minds if I want it or not. If the cost of a service is worth more than the camera, as you suggest it might be, then I will sell it.

Regards
Peter