Olympus XA1 Archives

24 November, 2019

5 Frames With the runt of the litter: The Olympus XA1 – Brian Nicholls

By MrSnappy

The Olympus XA1 was ntroduced in 1982. This little gem of a clamshell 35mm compact was the simplest and cheapest of the XA series. It has a fixed-focus f/4 to f/22 x 4 element Z...

16 August, 2018

5 frames with an Olympus XA1 – By Howard Hurd

By HowardH

The Olympus XA1 is probably the simplest camera I own. Part of the iconic XA series, it has a fixed focus 35mm f4 lens and automatic battery-free exposure. There is only one set...

Keith Drysdale on Ricoh KR10 Super – I have a debt of gratitude to this camera
A great story about your photographic journey which will resonate with a lot of photographers here. I was gifted a…
Alex Hayes on 5 Frames of Kodak Tri-X @3200
Awesome post. I absolutely love the first image of your dog in the well of your car, so much emotion!
Peter Kay on The Whole Roll: Harman Phoenix 120 in Minolta Autocord MX
hi fabulous colours. I have only shot Phoenix in 35mm but I loved it. your images are superb. you just…

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