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Holga Camera
A Holga is a plastic 120 film camera that is extremely cheap and built like it. It is the cheapest way to get into medium format photography. You never know exactly what you’re going to get with this camera. It’s dark edge images and light leaks create very artistic looking photographs.
A few characteristics:
• It’s capable of shooting both 6 x 4.5 cm and 6 by 6cm formats with the removal of an internal plastic mask.
• There’s one shutter speed to choose from–allegedly 1/100th second. This, coupled with the f8 lens, means shooting in bright sunlight is your best option (at least with 100 ISO film).
• In low light, there’s the option of flash–either using an on-camera flash attached to the hot shoe on top, or using an external flash unit connected via an adaptor on the hot shoe.
• Minimum focusing distance of three feet.
• Multiple exposure possible.
Many people dismiss the Holga as a toy camera and many others take very unique photographs in spite of light leaks and considerable variation from camera to camera. The characteristics that make it special are the same things that would make any other camera a “lemon”–-light fall-off, lack of sharpness, distortion, accidental double exposure, flare, or any combination of the above. These “problems” are precisely why many Holga users own a handful of the cameras– one for every special effect.
Links
An Overview of the Holga Camera
Holga Information
Holga Tips
Washington Post: Panorama Pix, Sure – But With a Holga? by Frank Van Riper
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