john neal
fallor ergo sum
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.
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
Trainee Amateur
Krasnaya_Zvezda said:
I WANT ONE!
lubitel
Well-known
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
Jon Claremont
Is this the camera you can load 35mm in and expose right over the sprocket holes?
fgianni
Trainee Amateur
Jon Claremont said:
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
Jon Claremont
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?
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
Jon Claremont
Thank you.
That over the sprockets thing is pretty nice.
That over the sprockets thing is pretty nice.
lubitel
Well-known
If you want a great holga -- This guy makes different adjustments to make them better cameras
http://www.holgamods.com/
http://www.holgamods.com/
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wlewisiii
Guest
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
Superwide, not enough coverage for 4x5 and the glories of the plastic lens anyone?
William
XAos
Well-known
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.
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.