Shooting with a Holga ... some bargain!

[Keith]

I posted a thread recently about a friend who had just bought his wife a Holga ... but not the ordinary Holga. It's the one marketed as the 'Jack Holga' ala 'White Stripes' (the band for you old farts) and comes in the appropriate peppermint livery ... you either love it or you hate it. I quite liked it when I saw it actually!

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However, at $189.00 US I'm not so sure ... but Lomo aren't stupid and no doubt they've sold a fair few to our cashed up youth!

Brenda, the proud new owner, finally shot her first roll and had it developed at some outlet in the city center (Brisbane) and when she picked it up they charged her this amount for developing the film and a very small set of prints ... wait for it ... drum roll please!

$39.00​

If she starts to use this thing regularly he may have been better off getting her an M9!

 

[JayGannon]

Jeeeeeze, get her a 20 dollar present of some chemicals and send her to her bathroom

 

[paulfish4570]

Goodness gracious, mercy sakes alive ...

 

[Ducky]

I wonder what the resale value is.

 

[Gregowitz]

Ouch!

Ouch!

I stopped using my Holga for that very reason. To be fair though, you can use a little plastic insert that allows you to use 35mm rather than medium format film. I think Lomo also sell a 35mm version these days. I have a box full of old Lomo cameras that seemed like a good idea at the time...

 

[Johnmcd]

Around $350 and you can buy an old 645J Mamiya. It amazes me why would anyone buy a Holga at all.

 

[gho]

Ahh, a classy Lomo equivalent of the Sultan edition.

 

[gho]

Jeeeeeze, get her a 20 dollar present of some chemicals and send her to her bathroom

Yeah, and soon enough she will probably be turned off by all that film stuff and wants a digital slr or - if she likes the lomo look- just the hipstamatic app for the i-phone (TM).

 

[JayGannon]

Whats so bad about developing?

 

[gho]

Whats so bad about developing?

Oh, personally I am a big fan of developing! But it can be a bit tedious at times. If one is really determined with using the Holga, home developing is surely a cost effective and flexible route to go.

 

[Pablito]

.. but Lomo aren't stupid

Lomo is plural?

 

[Keith]

Lomo is plural?

Well ... there's more than one thief running the place!

 

[Alpacaman]

I wonder if they saw the camera and hiked up the price accordingly

 

[Pablito]

Here's how to put a cheapo plastic Holga lens on an expensive Leica. If you are so inclined.

http://www.instructables.com/id/HOW-TO:-Build-a-Holga-M-mount-Lens/

 

[Keith]

Here's how to put a cheapo plastic Holga lens on an expensive Leica. If you are so inclined.

http://www.instructables.com/id/HOW-TO:-Build-a-Holga-M-mount-Lens/

I thought Voigtlaender had that market covered! (ducking)

:angel:

 

[dee]

I am gonna get a lomo sticker for my Zorki-Leica and save money .

 

[TheHub]

WTF - why so much? Did she shoot a roll of reversal?

My friend did that once, just when he was first getting into film and didn't know the prices

 

[Keith]

The crazy thing is because they are good friends I would have happily developed and scanned the film for her for nothing ... then she would have had images to scatter around her facebook page!

 

[nightfly]

Developing 120 is so fun and easy. With the metal reels with the clips it practically jumps onto the reel. And you get insanely great scans on even a cheap flatbed.

When I shoot color the lab charges me about $8/roll.

 

[amateriat]

Keith: However I convert the currency, somebody saw her coming. Even the priciest pro lab here wouldn't charge that.

I stopped using my Holga for that very reason. To be fair though, you can use a little plastic insert that allows you to use 35mm rather than medium format film. I think Lomo also sell a 35mm version these days. I have a box full of old Lomo cameras that seemed like a good idea at the time...

I got a Holga 135 (the standard-issue version) as a gift from a friend in Hong Kong. I like it, but it doesn't see much action.


- Barrett