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Re: [OM] XA vs. Lomo for artists

Subject: Re: [OM] XA vs. Lomo for artists
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:03:25 -0500
At first i questioned that too. He doesn't want registration or perfect 
alignment.  The idea seems to be yes: overlap and yes: different amount 
of overlap for each set.
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Moose wrote:
> John Hermanson wrote:
>> Stephen Schaub had been using Lomos for his panorama work but has 
>> started experimenting with the XA.  He loves them.
>>
>> http://stephenschaub.com/
>>
>> XA vs. Lomo overall quality and sharpness video:
>>
>> http://figitalrevolution.com/2009/01/10/olympus-xa-vs-lomo-lca-and-lca-plus/#comment-450
>>   
> 
> Hey, nice plug for your services. Nice to find a new source of customers 
> for a camera that had, I suppose, pretty much faded into obscurity for 
> all but die-hard Oly-heads. My two still work fine. (Sssshh, I know, I 
> know, AG but it's ok, really.)
> 
> However ... What he does with them would probably have Maitani in fits. 
> Almost all looks like crap to me, but tastes obviously vary.
> 
> He doesn't indicate in the video any understanding of use of the rewind 
> release for multiple exposures of individual frames with the XA. My 
> recollection is that you can get pretty good registration with care, but 
> must shoot a blank frame after the multiple exposure to avoid the next 
> shot partially overlapping. Not that a separate shot overlapping part of 
> a multiple exposure frame would be a drawback for this fellow. :-)
> 
> Moose
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