About ten years ago my boyfriend offered me a very weird looking camera, an Olympus Xa2. At that time, I had been shooting digital for about three years and was a super-amateur photographer. I was still learning and after playing around with the camera a bit, the “point & shoot” method was just not doing it for me. My challenges in photography were still extremely technical and eventually I lost interest. The camera was forgotten.
Back to the present, and jumping to the conclusion, this camera is now one of my favorites. Now, my challenge with the Olympus is pretty simple and extremely fun and rewarding: for each trip/family gathering/special occasion/whatever I try to use at least one roll (I’m usually packing just one more roll, often none at all). And it’s like walking with a loaded weapon in my pocket. My camera has a very limited number of bullets so the targets must be carefully selected. And the metaphor continues because in order to kill the target, the moment must be right, the angle must be right and (let’s finally kill the metaphor) the light must be right. After that, I just point and shoot and I love it! The result is usually a surprise, we really never know what’s coming out and that’s part of the fun.
These photos were taken whit Kodak Portra 400 in a period of 3 days during a trip to New York.
Thanks for reading and if you like these, check out my personal instagram @filipaleiterosa or my work with @theframers.
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All this recent attention to the XA series has resulted in my ordering an (original) XA - so as to have full rangefinder functionality and the slightly faster lens - and, while certainly not new to film, I'm looking forward to the experience of using this elegant little machine!
Best regards,
Steve
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I haven't tried Portra 400 (or an XA-anything) but I'm beginning to feel like I ought to. After all, winter is coming...