Lomography Holga 120N Medium Format Fixed Focus Camera with Lens

Lomography Holga 120N Medium Format Fixed Focus Camera with Lens

Rating: - A Reloadable Disposable Camera So it's got a plastic body, plastic lens, fixed focal length, fixed slow aperature, one defined shutter speed, fixed focus, fixed exposure. Hmmm... that sounds like a disposable camera except you can reload it. They market the poor quality as an advantage: "Beloved Holga effects: soft focus, double-exposures, streaming colors, intense vignetting and unpredictable light leaks." These are bad things!!!!! ---"Soft focus" is a cute phrase meaning pictures are a little blurry. ---"Intense vignetting" is because of the low quality plastic lens and it ruins all but artistic style photos. ---"Unpredicitable light leaks" are because the camera is soo poorly construction. It can ruin a picture you hoped to get. Once in a long while, they can create an artistic looking photo. I saw some photos of a carnival taken with a Holga, and it looked weird and spooky.... definitely a good effect. If this your 2nd or 3rd film camera, and you are looking for a camera that takes lo-fidelity photos, then perhaps. However, if you are looking for a film camera for general purpose photos, you will likely be serious disappointed with a Holga. Rating: - The Holga The Holga is a medium format camera taking size 120 film. I has a single plastic lens and a plastic body with a shutter that is controlled by a single spring. It sounds like a piece of crap and it is. But you will be astonished that it will make such interesting photos and how creative you can be with it. Forget all you know about the technical side of photography when it come to the Holga. Just shoot and wind and be surprised by the results. Rating: - I deleted my 1 star review. I originally gave this camera 1 star because I was disappointed by how nicely the photos turned out! I wanted the vignetting, edge blurs and light leaks that have made this camera famous. I have since removed the included small film mask and installed the included larger one, that gives me some of the vignetting I want. Recently I was taking bulb exposures of an approaching lightning storm with the camera tripod mounted and the optional cable release attachment when I noticed some binding as I advanced the film. The foam film tensioner had come loose and moved past the red window as the film was advanced. This has certainly helped matters, since the film no longer sits perfectly flat at the film plane, and I can see this in some photos. But sometimes the unsharp effect is a little too much, so I may re-glue the foam in place. The plastic lens is still a little sharp for my liking, but I do not take any particular care when cleaning it (wiping it off) so I expect it to degrade some over time. When the sun or a bright light is in front of me I sometimes get some nice flair. I don't see any light leaks yet, but I expect the cheap back cover clamps to loosen with use, so hopefully some light leaks will appear. If not, I may have to induce some leakage with a file. Others have recommended that I drop the camera a few times to induce light leaks, but I can't bring myself to do that. Besides, the lens might break off. This camera is not on par with any quality camera, and that is its draw! I highly recommend this camera to anyone who is tired of the electronic perfection of modern cameras, and wants to have some fun. Rating: - Fun Great images, a fun take back to older times. This is a great camera for the professional photographer that just needs a break from it all. Just compose and shoot. One never knows what will happen. Rating: - Holga This camera is great, but dont buy it if you are looking for a fancy camera! The Holga is the absolute bare basics- its quite literally the simplest camera ever. You should only buy this if you know and are expecting that...but the Holga is an awesome way to simplify your process and toss away the frills page 2 of  5  1  2  3  4  5