Holga Holgawood Camera Collection plastica rosa

The Holga cameras have been around for years and have always been used for lomography photography. The main objectives of the Holga camera is that it takes pictures in which you will most likely not know how it is going to come out. At a price of $25 this is a must have for photo enthusiasts and professionals who want a different experience behind the camera. The lens and body of the camera is made entirely of plastic except for the two metal bars on the side in which allow the user to open and load film. Included in package: -hold camera with plastic lens attached -lens cap/cover -neck strap -instruction manual Pros: -cheap -new experience with photography -you never know what you are going to get -comes with the camera body, lens attached to body and a neck strap -can easily use 35mm (instructions are included in manual in how to adjust this) or 120mm (medium format film) Cons: -feels cheap -plastic lens distorts image so you never know how it is going to come out unless you get the film developed Conclusion: Buy it. It is well-worth the $25 to experiment with.

This is actually my second Holga. I bought this one so that I can have two different types of film loaded at any given time. It's just as good as my first one, but like all Holgas it has its own personality different from my first Holga. They're light enough that I don't feel too weighed down having two on me, and with two I get to have one loaded with 35mm without having to find a darkroom if I want to keep shooting, I just load the second one with the regular 120mm. The different colored bodies are fun too. I take them to fairs and other events and I get a lot of questions and comments on the camera, if not just a funny look or two hehehe. I think most of the time people expect water to shoot out of the lens or something. All of this and I get some striking and unique images you could never get from a digital without some serious photoshopping, and at only $40 why not? One word of advice though to first time Holga purchasers. This camera craves sunlight, so even if you are in a well lit indoor area, use a flash or a tripod on the long exposure B setting, otherwise you will end up with a roll of underexposed duds.

After reading everything I could get my hands on about the 120 medium format film 'plastic' Holga cameras and the advantages of the newer 120N model (since 2009) improvements, I thought this "Holgawood" would include the two 'distinct' aperture settings. Well, it doesn't. Contrary to what the enclosed manual would indicate, the aperture settings should be roughly f/11 for sunny and f/8 for cloudy conditions. Sun and Cloud settings are exactly the same in my camera, (the utterly useless swinging arm for the sunny aperture is a rectangular shaped window that is larger than the stationary aperture for cloudy). What's with that???. The other improvements are a centered tripod mount socket on the lens housing (not camera body) and a wider shutter arm, both of which are present with my camera. I purchased this "Holgawood" camera for $39.99 hoping that the extra $10 bucks (from base price) included 'all' newer upgrades along with the optional color choices. I am disappointed with the single aperture setting, thus the 4 star rating. I previously read through all that I could find in terms of customer reviews to these newer Holgas and no one mentions the internal specs to their given model, so I took a chance. :/ I would like to find a Holga 120N that does in fact have the two distinct apertures, a significant improvement IMO. On-line product descriptions and included manuals have proven worthless! I do love the violet/purple color of my plastic camera, however, and the randomness in final photo results I find both fascinating and charming. I removed the frame insert to increase vignetting as I prefer the 6x6 format. The scarcity of 120 film processing with regard to the limited 12 exposures each roll yields gives pause to really consider what you are photographing. Quite a contrast from today's DSLR camera with instant playback and continuous shutter release on a 32GB memory card.

Or Mary. Or Elvis. Yes, I'm giving five stars to this seriously cheap camera. First, it takes medium format film, which gives you so much more detail and richness than 35 mm. Then, it captures the picture through a plastic lens that fails to fill the complete area of the film, giving the enlarged picture a retro, vignetted look. Light leaks past the back door frame and exposure window will add strange bright patterns to the exposure, and if you don't want strange ghosts floating through your pictures, simply line the frame and window with some electrical tape. But the ghosts are sometimes cool and add a little artistic flare to things like landscape shots. Other artistic shots are possible like double exposure--you just don't advance the film. This is a fun, cool little gadget that is customizable, upgradable, modifiable, and affordable.

At the time that I bought my Holgawood (gold) Holga it was the cheapest color of the selection. Plus it was snazzy. Now it seems to be the most expensive of the colors. Who knows, it may become the cheapest again. Still, it stands out in the sea of black Holgas that all my friends have - so it's fun. The color, of course, is minor compared with its Holga-osity. It is just SO much fun. Yes, you have to tape up the edges each time you load film into it so the light doesn't leak in. You get so you can do that in two minutes flat. I had this with me on a cruise to Key West and Cozumel. Where others were carrying fancy digital cameras, I would whip this thing out, covered in its tape, and they'd all stare at it as if it had come from another dimension. Which then started fun conversations. Yes, it takes film. And not "normal" 35mm film, either. So you'll have to track down 120 film to load into it and then a place to develop it. But wait! You actually can jury-rig it so it takes 35mm film and then it'll shoot the entire film - **including the sprockets**. Talk about fun film effects! Plus you can double or triple expose a single frame of film, shoot squares, shoot rectangles, overlap frames, you name it. Just so much fun. So sure, digital cameras are fun. They're easy. But this Holga is a cheap reminder of just why film still holds the attention of many of us. Take the plunge. Buy a Holga! UPDATE: I added a few photos of what the ORIGINAL Holga box looked like. This was solid blue cardboard without any flimsy plastic inserts. So when you get a Holga with this blue box you know you've got a real collector's item :). The more modern versions came in thinner cardboard boxes with a super-thin plastic window over the front so you could see the camera inside. Good for marketing, less good for camera protection.