Olympus XA

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Description

Designed by the famous Yoshihisa Maitani, the Olympus XA series of cameras are a range of amazingly compact cameras in a clam-shell case.

The XA is the benchmark of the series containing a true rangefinder focusing mechanism and an aperture priority exposure system within its tiny case.

Links

• The definitive XA site (includes manuals)

• Classic Cameras overview

• Matt Denton's XA and XA2 pages

• Karen Nakamura's overview

• The Other Martin Taylor's overview

• Dante Stella's overview

• Chris Lee's history of the XA detailed in the XA Way

Photos

• Random XA photos at pbase.com
• Photos taken with the XA by the other Martin Taylor
• Olympus XA shots at groundglass.ca