Sold Olympus XA2 & A11 Flashgun 35mm camera

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Jackinit123

Dirt Disciple
Up for sale is this 1980s Olympus XA2 & A11 Flashgun 35mm camera if your into your old cameras this is a great example of one in a rare red tested and working in its original box and instructions great time warp camera for a collector or to use as 35mm is quite popular now owned from new

110 ono


Specs


Olympus XA2


Lens: 35mm f/3.5, four element Tessar variant, front element focus.


Focus: three zone manual. Resets to mid-distance when clamshell is closed.


Metering: Center weighted, program auto.


ISO: 25 to 800.


Shutter: 1/500 - 2 seconds. Aperture integrated with the two shutter blades.


Power: 2 S76 cells.


Size: 2.598" x 4.102" x 1.605" HWD (measured).


Weight: 7.480 oz., (212.1g) with two S76 cells (measured)


Olympus A11 Flash


GN: 33,' 10m , ASA 100 (rated)


Power: One AA cell, alkaline or Ni-Cd . Rated 150 shots, alkaline.


Recycle: 7 seconds.


Exposure Settings: ISO 100, IS0 400 and Manual full-power.


Exposure Technology: On-flash accumulation sensor, non-thyristor.


Size: 2.4 x 1.4 x 1.3" (60 x 36 x 33mm) HWD, specified.


Weight: 2.275 oz. (64.55g) (without AA cell, measured).


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That takes me back!
In the early-mid 1990s I bought a second-hand one in the standard black colour that I used for my mountaineering and climbing photos with print film. I can't remember how much it cost.

I then bought another for taking transparencies (slide), this was also second-hand but, because it was in the rarer red colour, it was £10 more than the shop's normal price of £100. Both cameras were carried in CCS belt pouches on my rucksack; it all seems rather dated now.

Your second photo - with you holding the camera - captures the attractive purple-red colour that I remember. I think the flash has made it look a bit too bright red in the other photos.

These were very well-regarded cameras and even I managed to produce some decent, sharp images. This is a good buy for anyone who wants to dabble in film technology and, to boot, is a nice object to own.

Kevin
 
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Have a bump.

Also had a black outfit. And a minox with the trapdoor lens. Lovely little well made cameras.
 
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