Holga

[john neal]

I have used both Holga and Woca over the past couple of years - it's odd, but the glass lens in my Woca gives much more vignetting and radial distortion than the plastic one in my Holga.

I think it depends which position in the mould tool your particular lens comes from - get an average one and you experience all the nice Holga distortions, get a good one and it's actually a bit too good.

I would suggest having a look at this site: www.toycamera.com lots of interesting stuff over there and a great place to learn about all forms of toy cameras.

 

[fgianni]

Like this one?

http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/leica-h/

I WANT ONE!

 

[lubitel]

I have a holga GFN (with glass), its the only hogla I've used, and I think the results are very typical holga. I doubt that there is much difference to the plastic one. May be glass doesnt get scratched as easy though? Take a look at my site http://www.yevglad.com/photo/holga.html

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

Is this the camera you can load 35mm in and expose right over the sprocket holes?

 

[fgianni]

Is this the camera you can load 35mm in and expose right over the sprocket holes?

Yes, but you can do that probably with most other MF cameras, I have done it just with the HOLGA, but am planning to try my Certo 6 sometimes.

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

I scoped it on the net.

The camera comes complete with:
"1 Roll of Black Opaque Tape
The perfect solution for light-leaking seams that you want to cover."

How classy. What great customer service. If I bought a Bronica RF645 instead would I get free black tape to cover the light leaks? Or would I have to go out and and buy my own?

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

Thank you.

That over the sprockets thing is pretty nice.

 

[lubitel]

If you want a great holga -- This guy makes different adjustments to make them better cameras

http://www.holgamods.com/

 

[wlewisiii]

I've got a message sent to him asking about just buying his modified shutter and lens. I figure it could be highly entertaining to then mount that on a lensboard for my Speed Graphic 😱

Superwide, not enough coverage for 4x5 and the glories of the plastic lens anyone?

William

 

[XAos]

I bought the woca, and got the model with flash. Dont. The flash uses AA's but they're inside, it just adds weight and cost to a cheap toy camera. The ones without the flash have a hot shoe - a much better solution.

As for holga qualities - I think it still has plenty even with the glass lens. It's still a single element lens with plenty of vignetting and other holgaesque qualities. This is one of my first shots with the holga.

 

[fgianni]

Here is a picture taken with my Holga