When the XA first came out we (Olympus) got them in en mass for
complaints of vignetting. It is normal, but more importantly, there is
no fix for it. Vignetting is especially noticeable with slide film.
John
R. Lee Hawkins wrote:
>
> Has anyone ever heard of this problem and the fix that is mentioned?
>
> Cheers,
> --Lee
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> Dear Mr. Lee Hawkins
>
> The first xa I bought was a xa-4.The results are fantastic.Resently I
> bought another one an xa.Compared to the xa-4 I was rather disapointed as
> far as vingeting is concernt.I spoke about it with a dealer who is very
> well informed about what has happened in the passed.He told me that this
> vigneting problem was not unknown and that Olympus did a modification to
> the lens on request by the importers.O you know anything about this? Was it
> only a problem upto a period in the production? Thanks for taking the trouble
> answering me.
>
> Thom Meijlink,Eindhoven University,the Netherlands.
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