I love rangefinders. Small but capable cameras, manual focus with some help from the viewfinder. The best ones have large and clear viewfinders that show a little bit “outside” of the frame. So when I found this Olympus XA on a fleamarket I couldn’t resist.
However it has since then developed a problem (the shutter sticks every first shot in a series). It works fine for the second and subsequent shots but the first one always result in a long exposure… not really useful then.
Anyway here are a few pictures that I could rescue from that roll.
Bench Bin Man
Seaside
No Right Turn except
Bridge over Troubled Water
Potale
Annie et les Canards
Chemin du Bonheur
52 rolls 
The XAs are very nice cameras. I wonder if you can fix the sticky shutter. If it’s the release assembly, that might not be too difficult. Worth a try that’s for sure – I love my XA and XA2.
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I had one loved it but then the shutter stopped working and into the bin it went, it’s a shame no-one makes a similar model now
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