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Just taking a break from my bolt-hole (darkroom) and came across this thread. I have to say I have had a long standing love affair with the XA's - up until last year I had around 9 of them but now have the XA I bought 30 years ago when they first came out and an XA2 & XA3. They are all very rugged - the XA & XA2 went with me every where during my time in the Royal Marines and took a real beating but never once had a problem.
I have the A11 & A16 flash units but they are not up to snuff - better off with a candle or a Zippo.
For low light stuff I use the XA3 with either Neopan 1600 or tape over the DX codes on a roll of Tri-X and shoot at 1600.
Good info on the XA range
The official Olympus UK repair centre for XA's - they have secondhand in the Shop section too.