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I've recently become fascinated with Lomo / Holga camera's, does anybody have one? It'd be interesting to see results...
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Lomo / Holga photography
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I got one a few months ago and it is quite addictive to use and attracts funny looks from people. Great big dSLR hung off my shoulder and I am snapping away with a plastic toy camera.
Some of my pics are here
http://www.pbase.com/stephenb70/holga
Some of my pics are here
http://www.pbase.com/stephenb70/holga
I've been using Digital for the last few years but, like many, started to become intrigued by getting back into film and medium format in particular.
Whilst looking around and about, I came across a great deal of info on Lomography and whilst waiting for a decent RZ67 to come up somewhere at a good price, I bought a Holga 120N off ebay.
It arrived yesterday and I've spent some time playing with it. The great thing about it is that the camera has a hot shoe - this fires a flash transmitter so I've playing with some strobist type shots on B&W and a couple with colour neg film. I have no idea when I'll be able to get the films processed but it's exciting not knowing how well I've done or what on earth the Holga will have done to the exposure.
I'll be playing more with the camera over the next couple of weeks and will post some of the results (if I even manage to get anything) when I can.
Tim
Whilst looking around and about, I came across a great deal of info on Lomography and whilst waiting for a decent RZ67 to come up somewhere at a good price, I bought a Holga 120N off ebay.
It arrived yesterday and I've spent some time playing with it. The great thing about it is that the camera has a hot shoe - this fires a flash transmitter so I've playing with some strobist type shots on B&W and a couple with colour neg film. I have no idea when I'll be able to get the films processed but it's exciting not knowing how well I've done or what on earth the Holga will have done to the exposure.
I'll be playing more with the camera over the next couple of weeks and will post some of the results (if I even manage to get anything) when I can.
Tim
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Some cracking pictures there guys, do you use a negative scanner to covert to JPG? Or have them developed to disc??
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I've got a Holga and a Lomo. I love them both but they are very different beasts. The LC-A is actually a pretty decent auto compact but the Holga is a nightmare-to-use peice of plastic! I personally find the hit rate is better from the LC-A but if you can get a goodun the results from the Holga are hard to beat.
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If I shoot negs I tend to get prints done and scan the prints if I want to upload them. You'll need a pretty decent film scanner if you want decent results from scanning film (neg or transparency). I've got a flatbed Epson scanner which is OK for photos but not great for film (the lomo shots above are scanned from trans on my Epson).
you should be able to pick up a second hand LC-A on ebay for about £50, I wouldn't spend any more than that on one. I'd recommend getting one of those first. If you like the use and results go for a Holga. They are more difficult to use and you will have to either send off your 120 film to get processed for find a mini-lab somewhere. It's not cheap, unless you do it yourself.
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If I shoot negs I tend to get prints done and scan the prints if I want to upload them. You'll need a pretty decent film scanner if you want decent results from scanning film (neg or transparency). I've got a flatbed Epson scanner which is OK for photos but not great for film (the lomo shots above are scanned from trans on my Epson).
you should be able to pick up a second hand LC-A on ebay for about £50, I wouldn't spend any more than that on one. I'd recommend getting one of those first. If you like the use and results go for a Holga. They are more difficult to use and you will have to either send off your 120 film to get processed for find a mini-lab somewhere. It's not cheap, unless you do it yourself.
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Great shots, love the Lomo ones! Out of interest, do scanners with negative carriers actually scan any size negatives?
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Standard flatbed film scanners (ie. Epson 4490 / Canon 8600/8800F) come with 35mm and 120 film holders and probably holders for slides as well. Holga/Lomo run 120 film as standard, so one of these scanners should do the trick.
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My (now relatively old) Canon CanoScan8000F flatbed came with holders for 35mm negs and mounted slides but not for 120 slides. I just cut a holder using the outline of the neg holder and cut out places for 2 2 1/4" square slides and it works a treat.
I use a Lomo Fisheye which is 35mm and scan the negs (slides need more accurate exposure than is possible IMO) on a Minolta DiMage ScanDual IV.
Here's one I took earlier in the year.
I use a Lomo Fisheye which is 35mm and scan the negs (slides need more accurate exposure than is possible IMO) on a Minolta DiMage ScanDual IV.
Here's one I took earlier in the year.