Hi Scott
Thanks for your frank advise. If as you say an OM 1 is just as big, the SP
35 is not much better. In that case, should I want to get a small camera I
should be looking for an XA then. Talking of the Stylus epic, I get the
impression that the lenses used on current olympus cameras do not have the
same "zuiko" quality. Is this true?
Regards
Titoy
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Nelson <SNelson@xxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, January 04, 2001 2:44 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re OM 35 SP or XA
>Uh, not much information there. A good buy would depend on the
price/condition,
>of course. If you're asking which is the "better camera", well 'pends on
what
>you want to do. I've had both and still have the SP (I'd gladly part with
it).
>The XA is a better choice if you want a pocketable take anywhere camera. It
>becomes less small with the flash attached. I'd argue that the Stylus Epic
>better fills that role today. The SP is a neat RF, but it's technology is
very
>long in the tooth. It's about the same size and weight as an OM-1 with a
40/2.
>So, why not just use an OM? Here, unless the spot meter is really important
to
>you, I'd go with the RD or RC if you can live without the 42/1.7. More info
on
>these cameras can be found at:
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>http://www.cameraquest.com/classics.htm
>
>>>> "JUANITA M. ALMEDA" <litefoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Jan 3, 2001 >>>
>What would be a better buy, an Olympus 35 SP, the one with a 42 mm F 1.7
lens
>and manual or program mode or an Olympus XA?
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>Regards
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>Titoy
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