sliu Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 This little camera always surprised me ...<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lesged Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Let's face it, Sam. It's the man not the cam. I had an XA and still have an XA2. They are great little cameras, Frankly, I prefer the XA2 with zone focusing, but that's because of old eyes and big hands. Your pictures are vibrant and capture the moment so well. You excel with people in motion in your photos. Keep surprising us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanz Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Nice work! Todd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrea_ingram Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Very nice. I have often thought about getting something like his to carry every day. At the moment my Retinette is out of action :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenotar28 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Sam, Great stuff. Keep them coming! I hope to some day emulate all of the great photographers in this forum. I can only sit and watch from the bleachers at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuno_campos1 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Great photos. I have to buy one of the XA series (maybe the XA2, it seems to me a faster shooter). The dance we can see here is called Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art that looks like a dance (nowadays it is essentially a dance). The Brazilian slaves of the 19th century were not allowed to practise any martial art, so they camouflage the martial movements under a sort of dance so that they could exercise. To the slaves it was a martial art; to their owners it was a dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff bishop Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Great shots! This is actually a form of defense. I shot a whole roll of slide film on this same kind of event(?) about a year ago. It's really something to see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacsa Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Capoeira gets very popular nowadays. Worldwide. I like the shots too, however the white pants make the moving guys disappear a bit in the bright background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren_colligan Posted July 17, 2005 Share Posted July 17, 2005 I actually used an XA professionally about 20 years ago. I was doing photos of real estate "comparables" for a bank and a government agency and my Pentax SLR was too slow to use on busy streets, so I started using an XA. I always took the Pentax along with me to any meetings with the bank and the federal agency so they knew their photos were taken with a "real camera". No one ever noticed the difference between the XA and the Pentax photos! Now that I'm retired, so is my XA (I wore it out). I now have a Rollei 35 that I often use like I used to use the XA, and I personally think the Rollei Tessar is even better than the Zuiko lens was in the XA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pensacolaphoto Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Nice work, Liu. I recently dug out my XA and I used it a lot in my last trip. I will soon get back prints and hope to post some on PN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhooru Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Good shtuff Liu, nice action, great b&w look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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