Holga

[Former_Member]

All things holga.......

[Former_Member]

i love my holga! :)

[Former_Member]

Love your photo's, this is gorgeous

http://www.etsy.com/listing/67308610/the-monastery-10x10-lomography-print

[Former_Member]

I love my holga too - it reintroduced me film again :) yeay!

[Former_Member]

That's like me and the Diana, got me using film again!

My boyfriend was pretty funny as it was a total eye opener into how digital he we've all got, he literally had no idea about loading film, developing etc. I think as a kid he never bothered much with cameras!

[Former_Member]

Holga, Diana, Diana clone, Instamatic...you name it.

[Former_Member]

I swear I must have 7 Dianas and a handful of clones haha. I just love toy cameras, they make my world happy! I have a gorgeouss DSLR that I adore, but it's predictable perfection is boring sometimes. I love that unseen hand interacting with my film with my plastic cameras, so much fun!

[HolgaJen]

I am all about the Holga :)

[Frankenkitty]

The Holga is my main camera. I use it by itself and also with a polaroid back for my macro holgaroids. These days I have been focusing more on drawing and collage work, so it's gotten a bit neglected. My film habit seems to have turned into an art supply habit.

[Former_Member]

Has anyone tried the Holganizer ? it's easier and cheaper than processing films.
I don't really know if it looks exactly the same as real Holgas, i don't have a real one, but it's quite enough for my use !

http://www.holganizer.net

[Former_Member]

Eeeewww, yucky:)

I just can't get my head around that. Film is fun.
Some of the Holga fakery plugins are kind of cool, but they always look the same. The beauty of cheapo cameras is the serendipity. That funny reflection, that weird light leak that comes and goes, the scratch on the lens. It's all so unpredictable.

[Former_Member]

yeah, you're probably right !

[Former_Member]

bomobob agreed, you can't beat how unpredictable the real thing can be

[Former_Member]

I just really really want one!!!

[EarthandSkyCrochet]

I was going to say the same thing Subliminal! And a Diana :D

[Former_Member]

just bought the script.
Not unpredictable, but not predictable : there are many many settings to play with, and unflattened layers.

[Former_Member]

SubliminalBeauty says

I just really really want one!!!

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They're only about $40-$50 online, but I found my 2nd one at a Salvation Army for $5, so you never know.

[JudyStalus]

One thing to NOT waste your money are the new digital "holga" lenses for canons, nikons etc.
You get out of focus photos with a lot of purple fringing and none of loveliness from a real toy camera. Sadly, I learned the expensive way.

[Frankenkitty]

I have one of those lenses for my rebel xti, Judy. I bought it from holgamods a few years ago. Used it once, but you can't beat the real thing. I'm also frighten, btw. You answered my question about photographing artwork in techniques.

[Former_Member]

You can have much more fun making a pinhole body cap for your DSLR. Now that's cool!