The Kiev 35a is an interesting little camera - some people like the 'Russian
Roulette" (pun intended) you play when buying cheap plastic Russian cameras.
I don't mind so much - I bought two Lomo Smena-35s, and one broke when
falling out of my pocket. The other one takes great pictures, with a decent
little glass lens. At $12 bucks a pop, I'm not too worried.
I'd be bummed if I bought a Kiev-35 for $40 and had translucent shutter
blades to deal with.
Thanks for the feedback on the XA2. I think it will fire with batteries in
it, which will allow the film advance to work, but I'm leery of the sliding
cover not locking into place. I can just see it sliding just far enough to
creep into a picture; there's not a lot of slack there between the end of
the lens and the start of the cover.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Keith Berry
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 12:50 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] XA2 help needed!
The XA is much more versatile and has a slightly better lens. Beware the
Kiev 35a - the current ones are reported to have translucent shutter blades
in addition to their 'normal' light leaks! The ultimate camera of this type
has to be the Ricoh GR1(s) as long as you can live with a 28mm lens. They're
not easy to find secondhand though.
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