Hi Lex
Your tips are very helpful. I hope you don't mind my asking a few more
things.
Re Fill Flash Ratio:what is the trick to guesstimating this?
Re High Speed Flash Sync: How is this done on an XA? Assume that I plan to
use a T20 or for that matter an aftermarket manual flash.
Regards
Titoy
-----Original Message-----
From: Lex Jenkins <lexjenkins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, January 04, 2001 10:51 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: OM 35 SP or XA
>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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