Thanks to everyone for getting back to me.
I took the lens cover off to see what I could see under the case, and the
ball-bearing that the cover slides on fell out. Looking at the inside of the
cover, the groove where the ball-bearing floats looks pretty well-used, and
I think the ball-bearing fell out of place, causing the cover to not click.
I put the ball-bearing back in the track, and it pops out every time I open
the cover.
I've cobbled it together using a small strip of heavy strapping tape inside
the groove where the ball-bearing should go, and the case stays open/closed
by friction. No satisfying click when it goes into place, but it stays out
of the way, so I can live with it.
I put in 2 SR44 batteries, and the shutter fires. The A11 flash works, and
the lens is clean. There's a slight ding in the viewfinder glass closest to
your eye. It's so close to your eye that you can't even register it when
looking through the glass. It looks like someone nicked the glass when
prying the lens cover off.
The felt looks decent, and the action is smooth. The shutter speed varies as
it should, I get a long exposure in a shady room, a quick clik! when
shooting outdoors. I've got a roll of ASA 400 film in it, and am in the
process of shooting a test roll. Not bad for $36 on Ebay w/flash...
I've gotten into photography recently, and I'm having fun buying the toys I
wanted when I was a kid. I *always* thought the XA series were killer when I
was a kid, but I couldn't afford one. Now I got one...
--k
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Scott Gomez
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 11:12 AM
To: 'olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [OM] XA2 help needed!
I've got an XA2. Just sat down and played with it to confirm operation.
Answers below.
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Scott Gomez
-----Original Message-----
From: Kurt Weiske [mailto:kweiske@xxxxxxxxxx]
Subject: [OM] XA2 help needed!
<snip>
1. When I opened the case up, a small clip-shaped piece of metal fell out -
I have no idea where it went.
If you mean when you opened the sliding lens cover, this is likely your
reason for the problems in #2. The lens cover should "click" into place both
open and shut. I'd guess this is a "not difficult" fix if the small metal
piece isn't actually broken.
2. <snipped>.
3. I haven't put batteries in it yet, and am doing a quick physical check of
the camera. The film advance knob doesn't want to move. Does the film
advance need batteries, or is it jammed? The film take-up spool seems to
rotate freely.
The shutter is interlocked with the advance. If the shutter is wound and
cocked, the advance will not move until the shutter has been released. With
no batteries, the shutter won't release. Note also, the shutter is locked if
the lens cover is closed, so your problems with the lens cover may be
involved here as well.
4. The shutter release button appears pushed-in. Pictures I've seen of an XA
make it appear that the shutter release should be flush with the rim
surrounding it. Also, with mine, when pushing the shutter release, there's
no click, no apparent travel at all. Is this battery-dependent?
The shutter on my XA2 sits about 1/2-1 mm below the little rim surrounding
it. The travel when tripping the shutter is miniscule, and it's what I'd
refer to as a "soft-touch" shutter. There's no tactile "click" in the
shutter button itself.
<some snippage> I'm wondering if I might be better off waiting
for an XA - I think being able to set the aperture and see the shutter speed
in the display might be a nice feature.
The XA definitely has more features, but the XA2 is 'quicker' to use, since
there's almost nothing to set.
Thanks,
--k
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