Here are a few test shots I took in my back yard a couple of weeks ago using the new Holga Wide and Tele lenses. For comparison, I stood in the same spot and took them all from the same angle (as best I could!). I will keep trying out the lenses in some more different »
The time has come to put these two plastic cameras both side by side and to do the review I was once looking for myself, but never found on the net. I will try to be technical and I will comment on flaws or features that I have noted in my personal experience.
Plastic or Glass, Plastic or Glass, it’s that age-old question. In fact, since we started holgablog I’ve been emailed 4 times about it(wow! a whole 4 times!), we got twittered about it last night, and there must have been at least 20 discussions about it on Flickr. It’s a burning question no doubt (although maybe not up there with “how do they make Maltesers?”. Really now…how do they make them?).
I was originally going to start this review of the 120 WPC off quite technically – what the WPC stood for, what features it had, what the f-stop was. That kind of thing. Then I realised I’d been sucked into what I actually try to avoid in photography: geekspeak. So while some of the specifics »
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Flickr Friday!
It’s that time again! TGIF!!
Each week, we will search the Holga Flickr group for photos added during that week and will post a few of our favorites, based on a theme.
Our theme for the week of March 3 – March 10, 2010 is Play.
You know the saying, “All work and no play…” Well, Friday [...]
Holga Wide and Tele Lens test shots
Here are a few test shots I took in my back yard a couple of weeks ago using the new Holga Wide and Tele lenses. For comparison, I stood in the same spot and took them all from the same angle (as best I could!).
I will keep trying out the lenses in some more different [...]
Review: Holga 120 WPC
I was originally going to start this review of the 120 WPC off quite technically – what the WPC stood for, what features it had, what the f-stop was. That kind of thing. Then I realised I’d been sucked into what I actually try to avoid in photography: geekspeak. So while some of the specifics [...]
