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fish4570
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 Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:34 pm Post subject: any olympus XA fans? |
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fish4570 wrote:
i have one i haven't in many years, since i dropped it and the rangefinder would not focus to infinity. the focus wheel SAYS it is at infinity, but the rangefinder images don't quite meet. i'd love to get this thing operating again. is this a do-it-yourself fix? as for batteries, google search showed two SR44 / S76 silver oxide button batteries are required. mine had a single dl1/3n dureacell in it. eh?
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ludoo
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| Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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ludoo wrote:
Opening the XA top is pretty easy, here is a tutorial I wrote a while ago when I still had one. I don't know where the screws to register the rangefinder are, but if you open yours, remove the white cardboard on top of the rangefinder assembly, and take a picture we might be able to point you in the right direction.  |
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ludoo
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| Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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ludoo wrote:
Oh, I forgot: on the Classic Camera Repair Forum, under the "Repair Manuals" section there's the full XA service manual (the password to download it is at the top of the page). I'm sure there's the full procedure to register the RF in it. |
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cooltouch
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cooltouch wrote:
I own an XA. Bought it at a yard sale a few years ago for $5US complete with flash and instruction manual. 
It's a great little pocket picture taker. I like it better than the various mini Rollei 35s. Not saying that the photos are any better, necessarily, but it's much more convenient to use.
As for repair questions, if you don't get the answers you seek here, I'd recommend you give these folks a visit:
http://www.kyphoto.com/cgi-bin/forum/discus.cgi
Join (if you haven't already) and click on the "Maintenance and Repair" link. There are some knowledgeable folks who frequent that forum, some of whom I'm sure shoud be able to offer advice.
Let us know how it works out for you.
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fish4570
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| Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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fish4570 wrote:
thanks to you all. i'll look into the possibilites.
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mauroscacco
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:32 pm Post subject: Great fan |
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mauroscacco wrote:
I am a great fan of Oly XA : usually I use leica or contax rf , but Oly XA is a great resource, good enough for photographing at best
These a few pictures I have taken with
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marty
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:57 pm Post subject: Re: Great fan |
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marty wrote:
| mauroscacco wrote: |
I am a great fan of Oly XA : usually I use leica or contax rf , but Oly XA is a great resource, good enough for photographing at best
These a few pictures I have taken with
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Ciao e benvenuto a bordo, Mauro. First posters are not enabled to make attachments on the forum as an anti-spam measure, so I made the pictures visible for you. Great street series and great BW. I stopped by at your website, nice photographs and presentation. Well done the graphic of the website itself too.
Cheers, Marty.-
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fish4570
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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fish4570 wrote:
sweet shots, mauro.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
I willing to take one too sometimes.
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marty
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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marty wrote:
Hi fish, actually not my shots. I just made visible the locked pictures of the previous post by mauroscacco.
Cheers, Marty.
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Minolfan
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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Minolfan wrote:
Nice to carry, a bit small to use for me. But they do very good. XA4 is very nice too, with 28mm wide angle (P&S, no RF). |
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fish4570
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fish4570 wrote:
thanks, marty. i made the name change in my post ...
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Jack Conrad
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| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:12 am Post subject: |
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Jack Conrad wrote:
I found an XA-2 at a thrift store for $2 just before Christmas time and was really surprised by the little bugger. The zone focus was kind of weird to me, but when I remembered to set the focus switch it could really nail the subject.
I sold it, but now I'm thinking of getting another one, and I know right where to get one too, but I hesitate because I think I might like the mac daddy XA better.
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charlesyu
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charlesyu wrote:
i m a xa fan too.
i have both xa and xa2.
my xa has very light yellow spot, difficult to focus at night.
i found i use xa2 more often these days,because the image from it is not that bad compared with xa...
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