Holga 120N Medium Format Film Camera Plastic Lens Black Body

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The middle row below is of a super cute LGBTQ+ couple, captured on their engagement shoot by the water in Oakland. If you want to learn more about getting started with analogue photography please check out our Beginner's Guide to Film. So right away you’ll ask – how do I get properly exposed images with effectively 1 shutter speed and 2 different f/stops while I’m walking around with the Holga?

The Holga 120 3D Stereo Camera is a medium-format plastic snap-shooter that will capture two images simultaneously with its two lenses, giving you a picture with 2x the same image, side-by-side.The funny thing about the Holga’s design is that it cuts so many corners that we end up with a perfect circle. I would hope that after reading all that you’ll have some idea of whether you want to pick up a Holga of your own or not. It really is a blast to use, and it can help to recapture the fun informality that many of us start our photographic experiences with, before getting bogged down in MTF charts and optimum apertures. However, as of July 2017, Freestyle reported that the moulds had been tracked down, put back into production, and the Holgas were to be available once again. To enhance your experience don't forget the Double Filter System Set for the ultimate in creative picture taking.

The single-element 60mm meniscus lens distorts images into looking like they were taken in an alternate reality. Also know that the vignetting gets much worse the closer you have to focus on something – meaning, that at infinity its not super prevalent, but at close focus of 3-6 feet, the lens has a lot of vignetting, to where it looks like you are shooting with a crop-body lens on a full-frame camera. The optical flaws revealed by shooting a full 6x6 Holga image became a desired effect for many photographers, who removed the 6×4. Holga Cameras have a cult following amongst those who want to leave the age of digital photography behind. Holga Enlargers, an inexpensive darkroom enlarger with two available lenses and several masks/negative carriers for both 120 and 35 mm formats.

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If you’ve never played with one either but fancy doing so, there’ll be things you also need to know. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. In other words, do a Holga 120N review to go along with the post I did showing the shots I got from it. 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.While I have used reliable films like, Kodak T-Max 100, I have also run through some expired Portra 160 VC, which gave some interesting results. Holga plastic lenses have also been adapted to the Canon EOS, the Nikon f-mount, Pentax, Sony, Olympus and Minolta. Simply purchase a roll of 35mm film and load it in, take your photos, rewind and have the film roll developed.