Recent content by Magema

Thank you :) it’s good to know that it will definitely work if I do it through eBay right away. I will first try some other tricks and then shoot another roll and if it still doesn’t work I’ll just return it through eBay and look for another XA. Hopefully one that works this time ;)

Oh no, but you were able to return it?

No thats a good question haha! But it was Kodak gold 36 and ultramax also with 36.

That’s true, that would avoid the problem haha. Thanks!

That’s good to know thank you!

Oh I didn’t know that! That helps, thank you :) and it was listed as tested and working so I guess I got lucky (and unlucky haha)

Yeah that’s what I bought them for, so nice for traveling because it fits easily in a pocket! I will try using the camera without film and test it at each exposure, thank you for the tip!

Yes I will check the listing and see if I can do something about it. Maybe at least get some type of refund because it was listed as “tested and working”. Thanks!!

Yeah sadly they don’t do refunds..

Thanks! I will try that

Yeah because I bought it on eBay I don’t know if it has always had this issue, the seller didn’t say anything about it.

Haha oh well, maybe it’s a common XA issue then.

Hello! I ordered an Olympus XA from Ebay and it works fine until picture 25 or 26. Then the shutter just stops working and is stuck/ won’t wind. I tried everything (new batteries, seeing if the lens is completely open) but nothing helps. I don’t want to lose 10 pictures per every roll, does...