[rollei_list] Re: OT Olympus XA (was Re: Rolleiflex 35mm Cameras)
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:04:13 -0300
Smallest with RF, you must be right. According the Olympus history in
the Olympus official website and other several sites dedicated to
Olympus and this camera, the XA was introduced into the market in 1979
and then it's a design at least 15 years newer than the Rollei 35,
with lot of plastic of course; the bigger body than the Rollei 35 15
years later indicates it was not so easy to build the RF in these
little cameras.
I did not compare weight, the XA must be lighter, but if lightness is
desirable for cameras in general, it's not so desirable for these
compact cameras IMO, I feel better in my hand a metal Rollei 35 than
those plastic made.
Carlos
2009/11/14 Peter K. <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>:
> OK, world's smallest RF camera meaning WITH RF, so you cannot include the
> Rollei, hence it loses. :-)
>
> BTW what did the Rollei weigh? I bet it was not nearly as light.
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:20 PM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> The XA was not the world's full frame smallest camera at the time, the
>> Rollei 35 TE and Rollei 35 SE were in production in 1981 and they were
>> the world's smallest camera:
>> Rollei 35: 97W x 60H x 32
>> Olympus XA: 102x64.5x40
>>
>> 2009/11/13 Peter K. <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > Eric,
>> >
>> > That was it. It was the world's smallest camera at the time and I got
>> > mine
>> > in 1981 for a Christmas present. Still have it although I have not shot
>> > but
>> > maybe a roll of film in the last year.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > For the focal length, the RF was entirely adequate, in my experience.
>> >>
>> >> Hi Alan -
>> >>
>> >> You may recall we started this thread because the Rollei 35 has no
>> >> rangefinder, and many commented that even with its 40 mm lens there
>> >> was no need for one. So a marginal rangefinder worked OK on this
>> >> camera.
>> >>
>> >> > For exposure, I mostly relied on the vast latitude of color negative
>> >> > or
>> >> > B&W
>> >> > film to pull me through complex lighting situations, but there were
>> >> > other
>> >> > means of controlling exposure. Backlight compensation was provided
>> >> > with
>> >> > a
>> >> > switch that added exposure by +1.5 f stops (+2 in my sample.) In
>> >> > addition,
>> >> > however, a fine degree of manual override was made possible by
>> >> > adjusting
>> >> > ASA, a technique I used often.
>> >>
>> >> That back light lever tripled as the self-timer switch and a camera
>> >> support! I suspect we all used the ASA control for exposure comp, but
>> >> as it only went up to ASA 800, there was no help in many situations...
>> >>
>> >> Sorry if it sounds like I'm calling someone's baby ugly, because I'm
>> >> not. It is an ok camera with an ok lens. I think it's best feature was
>> >> that, at the time, it was about the smallest 35 mm full frame option
>> >> around, so at least you had a camera with you to capture something...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Eric Goldstein
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