Titoy, those cameras are so different it's difficult to say which would be
better for you. It depends on your style of shooting.
An XA-series camera can be carried in a pants pocket and used with great
discretion. The wide angle lens, zone focusing of the later XAs and nearly
silent operation make it ideal for shooting from the hip. It's a great
nighttime street camera with fast film.
Compact rangefinders like the 35SP, 35RC, etc., need at least a jacket
pocket. They're better suited to careful composition, altho' they're also
very quiet and discrete.
For me, the real advantage to a compact RF like the Olympus (and Canonet)
models is that the leaf shutters allows high speed flash sync with ordinary
flash units. No special flash like the 280 needed. Perfect for fill flash
outdoors. A flash/ambient light meter helps here, but I guesstimated fill
flash ratios for years before getting a handheld meter.
Personally, I think you *need* both. ;)
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Lex Jenkins
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