Good news that Holga original are still built, anyway I miss the simple GN now (not the GCFN which have "all") as the basic with a better meniscus glass lens
I like mine. I like my Brownies as well.
Just about any camera can be coaxed into producing amazing photographs if you understand their limitations and are willing to work within them. Creativity is really a state of mind, not a piece of equipment. I have an image created with a box of children's crayons that is beautiful.
Otherwise they probably aren't worth your time.
Exactly.Just about any camera can be coaxed into producing amazing photographs if you understand their limitations and are willing to work within them. Creativity is really a state of mind, not a piece of equipment.
I like mine. I like my Brownies as well.
the Hawkeyes with a flipped lens are my favorites!
I like the grittiness that the flipped lens makes. My profile pic was done that way. One of my favorite images!
A couple of good examples of creative use of the Holga are the photos by David Burnett and Michael Kenna.I like mine. I like my Brownies as well.
Just about any camera can be coaxed into producing amazing photographs if you understand their limitations and are willing to work within them. Creativity is really a state of mind, not a piece of equipment. I have an image created with a box of children's crayons that is beautiful.
Otherwise they probably aren't worth your time.
I have Michael Kenna's book and every time I look through it I am inspired to shoot several more rolls of film through my Holga.A couple of good examples of creative use of the Holga are the photos by David Burnett and Michael Kenna.
Both of these photographers use other cameras as well but have done interesting work with the Holga 120.
I have Michael Kenna's book and every time I look through it I am inspired to shoot several more rolls of film through my Holga.
It is really difficult to get printable negatives with Holga.
it's about the moment, subject and light.
You won't get sharpness corner to corner; that just doesn't happen with a plastic meniscus,
Curved film planes weren't unusual in plastic box cameras. The curve really improved the side-to-side image quality though the top and bottom of the image (and the corners) remained as blurry as ever.
Some of these cameras even had curved pressure plates.
Perhaps you need to loosen your definition of printable? You won't get sharpness corner to corner; that just doesn't happen with a plastic meniscus, especially convex side forward. So, you need to make images that work with soft corners, chromatic aberration, etc.
I was referring to exposure. It is really hard to get suitable contrast for printing. Scanning the negative can save so much on the messed up exposure.
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