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It took some getting used to with my XA as well.
Practice a bit (without film in the camera) concentrating on moving just the tip of your finger that lays on the shutter and keeping the rest of your hand(s) still.
After a while I began to appreciate the design.
Ok, also I mostly shot in daylight with the XA, so shutter speeds were pretty much fast enough to get a sharp picture anyways.As you apparently used mostly cheap / expired / light-leaked (?) film and got this processed using the cheapest option as well you can't really expect great negatives, seriously.
To see if the camera is alright I'd get one roll of nice & fresh proper film, preferably low tolerance (ISO 100, like Ektar - or, even better, slide film), and shoot a lot of stuff in good light with it. Do one or two with the self-timer. Check if batteries are fresh.
Finally get this developed at a proper place.
Good luck!
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picked up 5 rolls of film today, all complete shite...
exposures generally crap - not sure if it's the camera or Asda's dodgy processing, guess the only way to tell is to take the next roll to photofusion.
but also, I think me and the XA2 just don't get along... blurry as hell, I have a hard time with that shutter button unless I've actually set the camera on/against something it'll probably move.
I was kind of enjoying carrying an everyday camera, for the most extended period of time in years...
le sigh.