My first Holga

I have to begin by thanking Mike Myers, and the Krappy Kamera club. They have introduced me to a great new toy; the Holga.

After attending a show of toy camera prints and listening in on a discussion of the history of The Diana and Holga cameras, I had to go get one.

The next day I went to Big Georges in Ann Arbor, excited as could be. I bought a new Holga camera, developer, stop bath, fixer, fixer remover, bottles canister, etc; everything I needed to start.

Its now two days later. I have been impressed with the results. The fact that there were images on the first roll of film was enough to impress me. I now have negatives hanging up everywhere but no scanner to input them.

I've read that no two holgas are alike. It appears that mine doesn't create much of a vignette, nor, from what I can tell, fall off focus. I suppose that is a little disappointing but that is no problem. Its been funning playing with multiple exposures and the bulb shutter setting. Hopefully I will be able to put up some images once I get the negatives copied electronically.

I'd love to hear your Holga stories or any advice you have so please leave a comment or email me.

There is a link to a great Holga Modification site on the right side.