When you see this tiny little camera what comes to mind is that is one of those typical of the 80 cameras that you gave away when cumplías 12 years, and the truth is far from reality, it incorporates advanced technology available in a size no more than a pack of cigars.
When I acquired (the long sought, as it equates to the quality of the LOMO LCA) already knew of its photographic qualities, as seen in Flickr that could be done with it, but when I had my hands on impact, has a lens D-Zuico 1:3.5-22 (4 elements in 3 groups), you can select the ISO sensitivity of the scroll that is inside a range between 25 to 800, which can play with the exposure of the roll, the I happened to me was that I wanted to shoot a picture to see how it worked, but the shutter button not perform any action, that my name is quite the attention as I thought it was a fully mechanical camera and manual, but can only be used if batteries are placed inside (uses two LR44 batteries, typical of calculators are the most common and cheap).
With energy and I started playing with it, and discovered many things I loved, starting shutter speed depends on the camera in night shots or low light the camera leaves the shutter open for a few seconds, however closes in top condition quickly, as I could see in the technical information of the camera speed is between 1/750 to 2 seconds.
The focal range is determined by a lever on the right side (shown in picture), 1.3 meters to infinity, what is striking is that when the lid is closed through, that makes it automatically.
The most striking feature is the shutter button, press it just a photograph was taken, and the shutter sound is almost absent, is like a camera move, does not have that distinctive sound of so many conventional SLR or, I think that sound so discreet makes it ideal for shooting situations social (meetings, seminars, etc.)
Finally, the Olympus XA2 has no flash, but is coupled to an external drive, in my case I have the original (A11) that works quite well with this Japanese wonder if you love the picture quality similar, this is one of the choices that need to do, a small size, light weight and quality of their lenses are matched with equipment of higher value.
Sample :: Some photos from Flickr: http://www.julian.cl/5fi
I just bought a 3 thousand pesos, comes up with the flash that even without the battery cover, the clean and seems to work. Tomorrow the office with a roll to try.
I have a doubt whether it is automatic, which serves as the indicator of exposure that came in the viewfinder?
Good review.
This little camera is great, congratulations on finding it so cheap, the first came out I found that incredible, I have not uploaded the photos because the scanner fails to capture the colors and textures, and use a roll up and force him to 400isos also left with some very pretty colors. Greetings.