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Articles Tagged ‘tlr’
The Massive Guide to TLRs Part 3: Toy camera TLRs
Compared to ‘proper’ TLRs, specifically designed toy cameras are relative youngsters to the camera market. There are some TLRs that enthusiasts have adopted as toy cameras (the Lubitel 2 and 166U/B, plus a whole heap of plastic bodied/plastic lensed pseduo TLRs from the 60’s and 70’s), however these haven’t been specifically designed as a toy »
The Massive Guide to TLR Cameras Part 2: Pseudo TLRs
In the first part of our TLR guide we covered the benefits of TLRs and the heavy-hitters in the TLR market. We were originally going to cover Pseudo, Toy and other TLRs in this article, but it ended up growing into a behemoth of an article, so we’ve split it down into a »
The Massive guide to TLR Cameras Part 1: The Rundown
In our first of a series of articles on TLRs, we run through the history of these strange beasts, why people use them, and a brief rundown of the most popular TLRs on the market. Stay tuned for further articles that will feature some of the less popular,pseudo, and toy TLRs, plus some super-special in depth »
Holga: Plastic or Glass. The Shootout
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?).
Hands on with the Holga 120 TLR
We received a Holga GTLR through the post today, and figured you might want a brief hands-on mini review in the time being until we get a chance to take some photos (and take some photos of us taking some photos!). We are also getting a standard plastic-lensed TLR shortly for rigorous testing, so will be »
Holga TLR..An Update
A few people have asked for a bit more info about the new Holga TLR, so here it is! We’ve got one it’s way from Holga Ltd to put through the rigourous testing procedures we have in place here at Holgablog (when I say rigourous I mean accidently dropping it in a cup of tea »
New Holga Released…The Holga TLR!
EDIT: Just had official response from Holga Ltd, the Holga 120 TLR is indeed an official Holga product, and is currently just being test-marketed in the local Hong Kong market, with the export-market following shortly. More information and publicitiy will follow once they have turned their attention to the export market. Hot on the heels of »
