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Since you manually turn the film after each exposure, you can do a neat layering effect on each photo. It does have light leaks that can produce a unique vignetting effect or can completely wash out the photos. They had a kind of pinhole camera quality. You can't adjust the focus or the shutter speed either. If you don't like the effect, it's simple to tape up the sides of the camera. You can also add color filters to try different effects. Also, the picture quality can't compare with digital, but for as cheap as it is, it's worth it if you're interested in some fun pictures.
There are other medium format cameras that produce more reliable results, but I recommend this camera for beginners. I've only developed one roll of film so far and only three pictures turned out, so I'm not sure if it's the photo shop I went to or if I overexposed the film. Depending on where you live, it might be hard to find a specialty photography shop to develop your film. It's a cheap quality camera so it feels like a toy more than a real camera when you are shooting pictures. Because of this and the uniqueness of the manufacturing, it can come up with some pretty unpredictable results. It doesn't come with a flash, but this can be bought separately.
It's an interesting camera to experiment with. They turned out pretty cool, though. I bought this camera to play around with in addition to my digital camera and am pleased with it thus far. It can use 35 mm film if you adjust the insides a bit, but it usually uses a 120 medium format film. You won't be able to see the picture immediately after taking it, the same as any film camera.
It's a great camera for stepping outside of the ordinary and expected. I love my Holga and would greatly suggest one to a curious photographer, amateur or professional. This buy was one of the smartest decisions I've made. Every shot is an experiment in light, focus and personal style.
So much fun. Highly recommend this product especially for all photographers because these toy cameras are inexpensive and offer so much: blurry pics, light leaks, multiple exposures, oh my.
Overall a great camera for artistic photographers or students wanting to experiment with the camera. You should deffinatly buy one if you are interested in photography. They are fun and easy to use. And this company is the best. These cameras are very artistic and unpredictable(in a very good way). I get great results with them. They are must have.
This is post-modern photography at its finest. No need to worry about ultrasonic cleaning of CCDs, CMOS, or any other electronic material. Welcome to the world of Holga. And of course, the sensor is film. No problem. Just make a tiny hole somewhere in the body. These delightful cameras bring the fun back to photography. What other camera company makes flashes designed to severely tint the image in yellow or red glows.
Each shot gets its very own sensor. The images are unique and immediately recognizable as being from a Holga (even if the subject is totally unrecognizable). In an era when cameras are getting more and more complicated, when the upgrade cycle means built-in obsolescence for digital cameras within a year or two, when the emphasis is on increasingly incomprehensible "menus" of digital options, and mind-numbing hours playing with Photoshop, along comes the antidote in the most unlikely form: a cheap plastic camera that has virtually no controls, no settings, no predictability whatever. All the features that one cannot get in even the most expensive cameras such as light leaks, severe vignetting, lack of sharp focus, accidental double exposures, and light weight are here. Not satisfied that the light leaks are intense enough.
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