Harley with Elk
Continuing my series of test shots from the Olympus XA with this shiny Harley Davidson around back at a gaudy pink tattoo parlour.
The XA now has a roll of black and white in it and lives in my pocket at the moment.
In a couple of weeks I expect to have more to show from this handy little camera.
Other posts from this camera can be found here.
Alley Views
More photos from the test roll of film run through my ‘new’ Olympus XA.
These views are all in the same spot and yesterday’s graffiti is also from here.
Wall Decorations
Today I am continuing yesterday’s post featuring some of the photos from the test roll of film I put through a recently acquired Olympus XA.
These are some of the wall decorations that caught my eye.
They range through informal graffiti in an alley, a commercial sign, the feet of Emily Carr in a mural to part of an enormous mosaic by Mexican artist Andres Salgo.
Olympus XA
Yesterday at lunch I came across an Olympus XA in a thrift store. It was listed at $20, but since the battery was dead and thus no way of checking the shutter, and since the battery compartment on the A11 detachable flash unit was heavily corroded to the point the battery was stuck inside, I managed to get the camera for $10.
New batteries allowed the shutter to fire, once. And then it was stuck, which the XA forums suggest is quite common. One person suggested smacking the camera into the palm of the hand a couple of times fixed theirs. I tried it on mine, and the shutter started working. So, having only 24 hours in which to get a refund I rushed a roll of cheap film through the camera and had it processed within a few hours of purchase. Since that all fell into place quickly, I can share the photos within a few hours of getting them back.
I really like the camera – it is exceptionally small for a full frame camera, fitting easily in a pocket. Quite a bit smaller than my Olympus Pen, it is designed by the same genius, the late Yoshihisa Maitani. It is an aperture priority camera – you adjust the f-stop and it selects the speed. It has rangefinder focusing, a fairly fast (f2.8) 35mm lens. The “dust cover” slides back uncovering the lens and the view finder – this is the camera which first used such a design.
Garden Décor V
More of the decorative features at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific.
I get the impression that there are two schools of decorator here – one that is solidly in the whimsical-bizarre camp, the other tending toward natural themes.
The former seems to be more productive. In any case, it is clear that people are having fun.
Garden Décor IV
So if you don’t yet feel the funk from the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific maybe today’s shots will do that for you.
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