Are there original Holgas and not originals?

[Iridium]

Just wondering if the Holgas sold via Lomography for 45 euros +++ are different from the others sold via Ebay for example for 20 euros, so the double price is justified.

 

[raoul]

http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/103503773/WHOLESALE_Holga_Camera_120N_120_N.html

$13 wholesale from Hong Kong. Those Austrians are making a killing...

 

[sandholm]

Last summer i visited a museum in New York (visited a lot of museums and galeries so I dont remember which one it was) which charged $85 for a Holga....

 

[Iridium]

Lovely!

Business as usual...

 

[dehk]

Original Holgas were made in Hong Kong. And they don't make them anymore. So in a way, every holga nowadays is a replica.

 

[bvy]

I'd be thrilled to just to see a picture of an orginal Holga. (A quick Google search yielded nothing.)

 

[Aristophanes]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Holga_120_GCFN.jpg

 

[mabman]

AFAIK the "original" models had a switch for 2 apertures (sunny/cloudy), but it didn't actually do anything (there are mods to make it work, though). I believe the current Holgas have a functioning aperture switch. Beyond that, the point of the Holga is that the plastic lens has variable flaws, so each one is somewhat unique anyway.