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Olympus XA

22 October, 2020

5 frames with an Olympus XA, Kodak Gold 200 and COVID-19 – By Davis Poon

By Davis Poon

After COVID-19 hit Canada, forced my university online and sent me back home in March, like everyone else I found myself having lots of time at home but not much to do. Early on...
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25 July, 2020

5 Frames with Outdated Film and an Olympus XA From the Junk Drawer – By Vicky Ballas

By Vicky Ballas

Last summer I cleaned out my son's camera stash from his high school photography days and found an Olympus XA 35mm, along with an outdated roll of Kodak Gold 200. My photography...
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1 July, 2020

Olympus XA and other Compacts – Rediscovering Old Flames – By Alan Reich

By Alan Reich

I currently live in London UK, but some years ago I lived in the Middle East working as a journalist. I have a life long habit of street photography and have had many iterations...
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10 November, 2019

Olympus XA – Digital Palate Cleansing – By Ed Lara

By Photoedontheweb

As much as I love the immediacy of digital photography, I occasionally get overwhelmed and overloaded by the sheer volume of images I take with my digital cameras or my iPhone. ...
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3 October, 2019

5 frames with an Olympus XA and XP2 Super at the Pet Parade – By Alex Solomon

By solomab

Olympia, Washington has a strange fascination with animals and dress-up. In late April there's a parade where a bunch of people dress up like animals and make big animal floats ...
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1 September, 2019

5 Frames from New York, on Cinestill 50D with the Olympus XA – by Simon King

By Simon King

I recently returned to London from a week in New York, which I spent exploring the city with the sole purpose of photography. Usually my travel setup involves two bodies which c...
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14 August, 2019

5 Frames on the Angels 5K with the Olympus XA – by Tiffany Perez

By Tiffany Perez

Welcome to another 5 Frames with the Running Olympus!... Okay so this is only the second one but still. Baby steps. If you haven't seen my first Running Olympus post, you can se...
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10 August, 2019

5 Frames with Ilford Pan F on the Olympus XA – by Tiffany Perez

By Tiffany Perez

Some people are color shooters, others are black and white shooters. Then you have that part of the Venn diagram that has both color and black and white shooters. Most people fa...
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