I also have used one roll on the XA, it gave the sharpest ever prints
I have on the camera. "design for SLR" was just a suggestion, that
means for advance users, I think it is better then say "not for
novice" :-) It prevent someone use a P&S zoom camera to take photos
and complain the results are not sharp.
C.H.Ling
Lee Penzias wrote:
>
> I used the old Kodak 25 ASA with no problem in a little German Rollei 35
> rangefinder w/Zeiss Tessar (that I foolishly parted with after a decade
of
> great service in Ohio and all over europe - including a 20 ft tumbling
onto
> and down the roof of a house!) . I rarely used a tripod of any kind. I
have
> also shot 100 ASA film at night handheld - albeit with mixed - but often
> good results. But overall - except for moving subjects in poor light I
> always thought the extra fine grain and sharpness etc were well worth
it.
> The key here is the same as in the rifle/pistol shooting sports ....
sight
> alignment, trigger control, follow through - and use a rest where
possible
> (improvized if you don't have a tripod in the case of a camera).
> Cheers,
> Lee
>
>>The Royal Gold 25 was not designed for normal consumer, as far as I
>>remember it was for SLR user (mentioned on the box).
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