Much has been written about the
Holga. It’s a cult toy camera. All plastic with point and shoot with very few
features or controls. You simply load it with 120 film set one of 4 distance setting,
slide the aperture switch to either sunny or cloudy, aim and shoot. It’s that
easy.
The main feature of the Holga
line is they tend to be light leaky and the lens gives a soft / distorted vignette.
This quirkiness gives the image it’s unique, “every picture is different” vibe.
The plastic is a 60mm f/8 piece of plastic. You can set the camera to take 12
or 16 shots.
Practical? No, Fun? Yes
I’ve had mine for about 5 years.
I recently took it out and shot a roll of Ultrafine Xtreme 400. I shot the
roll in downtown Indianapolis on a grey but bright day. Film was developed
using Ilford Ilfosol3 at 1+9 for 4.5 minutes. Negatives were scanned using an
Epson V800.
I dig the camera. Here are some
images.
Great work Steve (as always)
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Thanks
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