Our final part to this series is a bit different to normal Holgablog articles. We have been lucky enough to have been granted permission by Pierre Luminet to translate his brilliant in depth reviews and comparisons of some of the most popular TLR’s ever made.
The longest geekiest part of our guide yet! Discover over 30 cameras you probably have never heard of, and decide for yourself whether to add them to your collection.
You’ve probably noticed the somewhat ’soviet’ theme going on this week at holgablog. We are celebrating International Commie Camera day on May 1st! In another commie article (and yet another list article! I promise we do have other stuff coming!), we have the top 10 commie cameras as voted by YOU (well, people on flickr »
I enjoy doing night shots, I’m by no means great at it, but it’s fun to go out and discover how differently places look at night. Sometimes it works out well, sometimes not so great. I own a lightmeter, unfortunately it cost me £5($11) from a flea market, and is one of those incredibly old »
I’m lucky enough to be in a position where I get to visit Paris every few months. It’s one of the only cities in the world I never get bored of; there’s always so much to see and do. This time, I decided to go ‘film only’, taking my holga, a lubitel TLR and a »
I’ve always like Twin Lens Reflex Cameras, from an asthetic point of view anyway. Never really looked into what the photos are like, but after getting the opportunity to get one for peanuts, I decided to snap it up! The camera is a brilliant bit of kit. The Lubitel 2, is one of the »
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Holgapalooza 2010 Deadline Approaches!
The deadline for www.holgapalooza.com is just around the corner! Here is a reminder of this year’s Summer Contest Festivus!
Fun in the Sun-Printing
Some time late last year (OK, Christmas), I got a present called “Sun-Print Paper”. This stuff is basically sold as a “toy” to parents who probably want their kids to get off their console, get out the house, and take in some Sunshine or else.
How to make Cog-Pano’s on your Holga
First things first. The image above was shot on my Holga, and I only manipulated digitally by way of turning it black & white and adding my copyright symbol. Otherwise, this is shown exactly as it was shot, with the image stretching its way across the film plain in a nice wide panoramic and covering [...]
