Hi Brian,
I have no experience with Mju-II, but I have both XA and XA4. Since you have
many years experience with your XA, I think you will know it well. The XA4's
vignetting problem is much serious than the XA, but its lens is very sharp
(IMO better than the XA). The zone focusing is good enough in most cases,
but you have to be careful, sometimes you will forget to focus, since there
is no finder indication like the XA.
C.H.Ling
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Windrim <brian@xxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 11:14 PM
Subject: [OM] Tiny Olys
>Does anyone have comparisons or experiences of these three Olympuses:
>XA, XA4 Macro and Mju-II (Stylus Epic).
>
>I'm particularly concerned with :
>
>- Lens quality
>- Exposure accuracy
>- Focussing accuracy
>- Reliability and build quality
>
>The context is that I have been using an XA for about 12 years and
>during that time have taken rather more slides with it than with my
>OM4 (for whatever reason), mostly with good results.
>
>Having recently discovered the convenience of having separate bodies
>for different film types I am thinking of allocating the XA to permanent
>use with ISO400 B&W film, where it can be used more often at optimum
>apertures and where vignetting is less of a problem.
>
>I therefore need a second ultra-compact for use with medium speed
>(ISO100) slide film. I'd like it to have a better lens than the XA, if
>possible, and the XA4 and the Mju-II both seem to have this reputation.
>They also have the virtue of focussing down to about a foot.
>
>I am presently evaluating an XA4 but haven't seen the results yet and
>I'm interested in other people's opinions anyway. Its 28mm lens is one
>of my favourite focal lengths but the build quality doesn't seem quite
>the same as my XA and I can't help wondering whether the zone
>focussing is adequate.
>
>Thanks in advance for any comments.
>
>-Brian
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