First roll through the XA2

[jtzordon]

Well I finally got through a whole roll with my newish XA2. I ran a test roll of color neg through it to see if the meter was accurate. It seemed to be underexposing a bit, so when I loaded it with Neopan 400 I set the film speed at 100. The negs look about like the Neopan 400 when I shoot it at 400, so I guess it's underexposing by 2 stops. The results do look pretty nice, though. Here are the first two prints I've made from the roll.

[BillyBob]

Wow!

Doggy's nice - but that second one is really REALLY nice.

cheers!
Bill

[Scott]

Those are awesome.  But the boxer photo is vexing me: He's standing straight up, but the lake's draining to the right.  Was the camera, and the dog tilted?    :cool:

[Julio1fer]

Wonderful pictures. The XA2 is a favorite of mine. I like its lens better than the one in the XA.

[jtzordon]

Thanks guys! I was actually a bit hesitant with the zone focus aspect, but it's turned out pretty easy to get things in focus.

[Raid Amin]

Those are awesome.  But the boxer photo is vexing me: He's standing straight up, but the lake's draining to the right.  Was the camera, and the dog tilted?    :cool:

Scott,
It could be that the landscape is not level.Part is elevated, hiding part of the lake, so the lake looks tilted.

[LarryD]

Those look great.. Don't be afraid of Zone focus.... I use it all the time..... te Smena 8M is now my car camera.

[radiophoto]

Jason, I love these.  Fantastic work here.

I was shooting with my own XA-2 on Thursday, just a test roll to try out my new HC-110 developer, and I didn't get anything nearly as nice as your stuff.

I do like the zone focus, but beware of the shifting focus lever: when you close the clamshell, it defaults to the middle setting.

[jtzordon]

Those are awesome.  But the boxer photo is vexing me: He's standing straight up, but the lake's draining to the right.  Was the camera, and the dog tilted?    :cool:

Thank you! It's a hill, though. The parking lot is about 20 ft higher than the lake level and it slopes down to the lake.

[LarryD]

That will explain it.. and 60% of all alien and UFO photos.

[jake]

Great shots, especially that second one. That zone focus is pretty amazing, isn't it? You think - this can't possibly be right - and then the photos come back sharp sharp sharp. Maitani and his crew were great designers.

[LarryD]

Zone Focus... How I learned photography A Ricoh that my Uncle got in Japan in the late 40's when he left Korea.

[Wayne]

Great stuff Jason - I really like both of those shots.

[jtzordon]

Printing some more. Here's a Santa sighting!

[shadowfox]

Jason, always fun to see your prints.

It fascinates me because your selection of frames to print is so different than mine.