Holga Toy Camera
It looks like a cheap plastic piece of crap - and it is. But in the right hands, the Holga can do magic. The blurry, plastic lens and rickety body can be used to create dreamy, nostalgic art photos. Best of all, the standard Holga camera costs less than $30.
If there’s an arty, creative photographer in your life, consider getting them a Holga this Holiday Season. And don’t forget the black tape and 120 film! The Holga’s cheap plastic body is notorious for light leaks, and yeah - it’s a film camera. It takes big, 120mm film. That’s part of the magic. The big 6×6cm negatives make for rich, beautiful prints. The Holga’s soft lens lends itself to artistic black-and-white photography. So throw in a roll of Kodak Tri-X 120 film and make that art photographer in your life really happy.
Check out Holga toy camera photos in the gallery >>
Thanks to Photography member and Film Forum moderatorXia_Ke for suggesting the Holga.
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December 18th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Hi, John…
Betsy Brill here, Professor Kobré’s wife and executive vice president of EVERYTHING at http://www.lightscoop.com.
Thanks for the write-up!
Thought you and your readers would want to know about a great SALE on the Lightscoop at Adorama, our EXCLUSIVE online reseller.
Happy holidays!
December 18th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Now, that looks like the PERFECT camera accessory which I had been dreaming about. Reasonably priced too. Thanks very much John for posting this article!!!
December 21st, 2008 at 8:35 am
This is a great idea John! Now I can just point my wife to this link for ideas while still keeping a tiny little bit of surprise in Christmas.
December 22nd, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Man, this is great! I always carry my cleaning cloth in my linty linty pokets