A Holga-style Digital Camera?

Posted on October 7, 2009 by By Andrew
tags: digital, yashica

Everyone knows about Superhedz Harinezumi lo-fi digital camera, but what else is out there?

How about this:

The Yashica EZ F521. Housed in a case similar to an old Yashica Electro 35, the F521 is a 5.0 megapixel digital camera!! The lens is “Fixed-focus lens / glass layer 1 layer of plastic +3 F3.0,　f＝7.0mm（35mmカメラ換算42.53mm） F3.0, f = 7.0mm”, and it has 32MB of onboard memory, expandable by SDHC to 8GB.

It certainly looks pretty stylish, but we doubt that the plastic lens will amount to anything like a holga image. Many cameras use plastic lenses as a cost-saving measure, and they still produce quality photographs without any of the ‘quirks’ of a holga. So for now, it may be interesting once reviews come in, but don’t jump out and buy one (even for $85), as we’re not sure if it will not just be a standard digital camera in a pretty case.

More info can be found here (translated into english):

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://www.exemode.com/yashica/dc/f521.html

Comments

Posted by Thomas on October 7th, 2009, 11:14 (Reply to this comment)
I saw this yesterday. But I still do’nt understand why this is compared with the HOLGA?!
Posted by Andrew(Admin) on October 7th, 2009, 11:16 (Reply to this comment)
I think somewhere along the line people thought the lens looked awfully similar to the holga lens, plus it’s kinda plastic. As outlined above, I seriously don’t think it’s anything more than a standard crappy digital camera in a nice shell.
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Posted by Arneee on October 7th, 2009, 15:13 (Reply to this comment)
It is very indeed plastic. Anyone seen some test shots over the net? I think it can be a holga-style cam due to it’s simplistic and plastic build. And then there’s exposure compensation of -2 to +2 EV. Cool
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Posted by Dave on October 7th, 2009, 16:01 (Reply to this comment)
Finally a digital camera I might actually be interested in buying. They’ve got the price right, and the looks, but it all comes down to what the images look like. Look forward to some reviews.
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Posted by Joseph Reid on November 12th, 2009, 03:47 (Reply to this comment)
If anyone’s interested here’s my review of the “digital Holga”:
http://jerphotography.com/blog/?page_id=670
Posted by Andrew(Admin) on November 12th, 2009, 08:43 (Reply to this comment)
thanks Jospeh, GREAT review, Have twitterfied it!
Posted by publikaccion on November 16th, 2009, 08:09 (Reply to this comment)
i own this camera and it’s a holga style due to the plastic body, 5 Mpixels and simple controls in its way of work.

A nice one of course