Articles Tagged ‘camera’

Pin-Holga: A Love Story

For those of you who have tried this wonderful photographic form, I know I am preaching to the choir. For those of you who have not… What are you waiting for?

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Why you should own at least 2 instant cameras

The first thought I had about the reasons to own an instant camera was to do it as a list. Then I though that the only reasons I could come up with were “well, why not?” “You’d be silly not to get some” and “cause I said”.   So another idea popped into my head. »

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Hello film? It’s me, Jim….

I’ll get it out of the way first: I love film. There, I said it. I feel better. Hi, my name is Jim and I am a toy camera junkie. I have taken them apart, remade them, made new ones and even (gasp!) attached a holga lens to my digital SLR. Film is my first photographic »

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The Olympus Trip 35: A classic everyone should own!

The Olympus Trip 35 is a certified classic.   Over 10 million sold, relatively cheap to buy 2nd hand(I got mine for £5/$10 on ebay), and with a absolutely cracking lens, you just can’t lose. The Trip 35 was made famous in the 70’s by David Bailey declaring it the 2nd coming (the giant wads of cash »

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A new Medium Format Camera by Fuji..wow!

Fuij announced about a year ago a NEW 120 medium format camera-the GF670, and the good news is, it’s coming very soon. It is a joint collaboration with Voigtlander, and will be marketed as a Voigtlander Bessa III outside of Japan. It becomes obvious when you see the Bessa II:

It can do both 6×6 »

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How to make Cog-Pano’s on your Holga

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