Another holgablog competition is upon us! It’s summertime, we are feeling generous so we are giving you the chance to win one of two near MINT Smena/Cosmic Symbol cameras, along with faux leather cases. We have written about the Symbol before, and we loved it! Paired with cheap film, the colours and tones it produces »
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 »
While at the Barras a few weeks ago I saw an old camera lurking in a mahoosive box of old camera junk:
It was a Cosmic Symbol , it was covered in dirt and bits of dust (and possible old food, urgh), but I bought it anyway for a few quid and cleaned it up. »
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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 [...]
