Holga 120N Medium Format Film Camera Plastic Lens Black Body

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These owners prized the Holga for its lack of precision, light leaks and inexpensive qualities, which enabled the photographer to concentrate on innovation and creative vision in place of increasingly expensive camera technology. Moving to the back of the camera you have the door, I say door but in reality the whole of the back comes off. I tend to use Ilford HP5 in my Holga - its so flipping reliable that it’s one less thing to worry about!

Luckily the moulds were saved and another company Sunrise is now manufacturing several Holga models again. The good thing about the Holga is that it weighs nearly nothing, so you don’t need an expensive tripod – just about any will do. The company started in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong and was originally intended to produce electronic components like capacitors. I usually place a piece of card against the roll of film to hold it tight and using this has cut down on the number of fat rolls.The Holga, in general, requires a lot of light to perform well, so that built-in flash can really make a difference on those cloudy days or when you’re shooting indoors. The lens, and sometimes the entire shutter assembly, can be replaced with a pinhole (the "Pinholga").

Toy cameras with no exposure control CAN produce wonderful dreamy images but they require more skill from the photographer than many people appreciate. First iteration – before I realized there was a switch that changed the length of the shutter speed. Too many of my rolls of film were unknowingly wasted at the outset because I wasn’t in the know about the velcro mod or the foam mod. Others Holgas have been modified to include cable releases, tripod mounts (lacking on the original 120S), and even to shoot 35mm film.Film is beautiful, so images from even the most basic film camera oozes more beauty and personality than a decent digital camera or phone. Using an ND filter helps get the shutter speed down to a few seconds, so that you can use bulb mode, even on a sunny day. As a footnote to this section, this Holga look actually played a part in the genesis of Instagram, as co-founder Kevin Systrom explains here. The Holga range includes a whole range of models from half frames in 35mm to faux TLRs, and there are a multitude of colours to choose from.

I felt like seeing what images I could get with truly the crappiest kind of camera – and to see if I could find some romance and beauty in imagery stripped down to the basics. Holga cameras are also celebrated on World Toy Camera Day, which is celebrated every year on October 20. Sales in the early 1980s were not good as the consumer market had already started down the road of 35mm, so the camera was almost shelved. simply by loading the appropriate film mask – a piece of plastic that sits between the film and shutter mechanism.And if you think others will also enjoy or benefit from this review, help them find it by sharing or pinning. I love how this lighting looks, and let me tell you, it was a super bright location (with light bouncing off the boardwalk and the water that we were surrounded by on all sides). Available in black, red and green, the 120 format Holga CFN has a built-in flash with the ability to colorsplash – This Holga demands your respect.

Seeing no future in its home market, the makers began to market the Holga to the West as a quirky, unpredictable toy camera. Some do the same thing as a modified Holga without the need for DIY modifications; while other accessories add special effects. By sandwiching a normal 35 mm roll of film into the Holga's 120 spool, "sprocket hole" exposures may be taken that expose the entire surface of 135 film.Apertures of f/10 and f/13 work well for ISO200 speed films, while settings of f/13 and f/19 tend to suit faster films of around ISO400. Explore the world of ultra wide angle photography with the Holga 120 Pan Panoramic Medium Format Camera.