msbarnes
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How do they compare? They seem to be the two cheapest 28mm options.
btgc
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If you look at prices question gets answered by itself 
Of course if you can't find XA4 locally for nothing. So we aren't going to discuss AF vs MF and motorized advance vs manual.
Of course if you can't find XA4 locally for nothing. So we aren't going to discuss AF vs MF and motorized advance vs manual.
raytoei@gmail.com
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the difference is about 150 usd
XA4 is not Autofocus it is distance focused.
Nikon AF600 is autofocused, it uses the centre
patch as the focusing point.
Also the XA4 comes with a nifty measuring thread for macro distancing.
raytoei
XA4 is not Autofocus it is distance focused.
Nikon AF600 is autofocused, it uses the centre
patch as the focusing point.
Also the XA4 comes with a nifty measuring thread for macro distancing.
raytoei
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kuvvy
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Never had the opportunity to try the XA4 but have owned the original XA. I do own the tiny AF600 though and can attest to the lens being very good. Having said that mine doesn't get used anymore along with my other film compacts and will be up for sale soon.
existrandom
Established
hi, how do you compare the viewfinder of AF600 and the original XA?
i know they are smallish anyway, but my brother have a XA, i can make some sense out of it
thanks!
kuvvy
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From what I can recall the XA finder is easier to locate when raising the camera to the eye. I sometimes miss the Nikon finder but to be honest I haven't used it a great deal hence me selling it. That said it has given some good results.
camera.bear
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I have the Lite-Touch and the XA and XA2, and it seems that comparing any of the Oly XA series to the Nikon Lite-Touch / AF600 is like comparing apples and oranges. They're both cameras, but with completely different operating characteristics.
While the Oly XA series cameras exposure control ranges from aperture priority to full auto exposure depending on the model, the focusing and film transport are manual in nature. The XA is a beautifully elegant compact rangefinder, while the rest, excepting the fixed focus XA1, are scale focus viewfinder cameras. Addressing the OP, the viewfinder is clear and easy to use on both my XA and XA2; I have no personal experience with the XA4.
On the other hand, the Nikon AF600 / Lite-Touch is a wonderful little auto everything point and shoot camera with a wide 28mm lens and available panorama mask. There are several flash modes, a self-timer and an infinity focused landscape mode which are all very useful in making the best of various shooting situations. Back to the OP, the viewfinder is not as nice as on my XA series cameras. It is a physically smaller viewfinder and as it covers the wider FOV of the 28mm lens, the viewfinder image is correspondingly less magnified then the viewfinder on the XA / XA2 cameras with their 35mm lens.
For the apples to apples aspects of these cameras. I have put film through both the XA and AF600 / Lite-Touch and am currently working on a roll in my XA2. Both cameras have delivered properly exposed , detailed, and sharply focused pictures. While I like both, IMO, I think that the XA lens has a slight edge on color reproduction.
Sorry for being so round about getting here, but I certainly think that the XA series has the better viewfinder.
While the Oly XA series cameras exposure control ranges from aperture priority to full auto exposure depending on the model, the focusing and film transport are manual in nature. The XA is a beautifully elegant compact rangefinder, while the rest, excepting the fixed focus XA1, are scale focus viewfinder cameras. Addressing the OP, the viewfinder is clear and easy to use on both my XA and XA2; I have no personal experience with the XA4.
On the other hand, the Nikon AF600 / Lite-Touch is a wonderful little auto everything point and shoot camera with a wide 28mm lens and available panorama mask. There are several flash modes, a self-timer and an infinity focused landscape mode which are all very useful in making the best of various shooting situations. Back to the OP, the viewfinder is not as nice as on my XA series cameras. It is a physically smaller viewfinder and as it covers the wider FOV of the 28mm lens, the viewfinder image is correspondingly less magnified then the viewfinder on the XA / XA2 cameras with their 35mm lens.
For the apples to apples aspects of these cameras. I have put film through both the XA and AF600 / Lite-Touch and am currently working on a roll in my XA2. Both cameras have delivered properly exposed , detailed, and sharply focused pictures. While I like both, IMO, I think that the XA lens has a slight edge on color reproduction.
Sorry for being so round about getting here, but I certainly think that the XA series has the better viewfinder.