Olympus XA

RudyTT · 10th October 2005

hey guys, I just inherited my mother's Olympus XA, yup, the 1979 FIRST version. It has quite a bit of fungal growth on th lens though. ANy ideas where I can get it fixed up? Any recommendations? Thank you! =)

nightpiper · 10th October 2005

u can try those 2nd camera shops. maybe they provide such cleaning service. there's a shop at basement of Adelfi call P & G Photographic Centre, the shop cleans lens fungus so maybe they also clean cam bodies. go check them out.

hammer_400 · 10th October 2005

can also try TCW (The camera workshop)... they do repairs for rangefinders, and i also saw a few XA2's there.... i think they may also have the A11 flash there too

nightpiper · 22nd October 2005

hi RudyTT, did u get it fixed?

i heard the XA is one of its kind, the first idiot cam to use a F2.8 Zuiko lens. the XA2 used the F3.5 Zuiko instead. if u can find the A16 flash, it wud be a better buy compare to A11, mainly higher flash power & faster recharge.

cheers.

LENS · 6th January 2006

by the way, olympus XA or XA2 is a more worthful to get?

10th October 2005	#1
RudyTT Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Melbourne Posts: 113	Olympus XA hey guys, I just inherited my mother's Olympus XA, yup, the 1979 FIRST version. It has quite a bit of fungal growth on th lens though. ANy ideas where I can get it fixed up? Any recommendations? Thank you! =)

10th October 2005	#3
hammer_400 Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Sg Posts: 692	Re: Olympus XA can also try TCW (The camera workshop)... they do repairs for rangefinders, and i also saw a few XA2's there.... i think they may also have the A11 flash there too

6th January 2006	#5
LENS Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 758	Re: Olympus XA by the way, olympus XA or XA2 is a more worthful to get?

10th October 2005	#2
nightpiper Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,799	u can try those 2nd camera shops. maybe they provide such cleaning service. there's a shop at basement of Adelfi call P & G Photographic Centre, the shop cleans lens fungus so maybe they also clean cam bodies. go check them out.

22nd October 2005	#4
nightpiper Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,799	hi RudyTT, did u get it fixed? i heard the XA is one of its kind, the first idiot cam to use a F2.8 Zuiko lens. the XA2 used the F3.5 Zuiko instead. if u can find the A16 flash, it wud be a better buy compare to A11, mainly higher flash power & faster recharge. cheers.