35mm Holga?
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- loaf0
I would agree nic.. I just wish there was a easy way to digitally use all the cameras that i have.. some sort universal back for all of them.. i miss using some of my cameras.. i actually know a photographer that is going so far as to creating .. basically camera obscura's.. he digitally photographs the image on the ground glass.. something similar i guess to do some of the depth of field devices that digi movie guys use..
- nicnichols0
Interesting point Loaf.. I guess I don't really have an answer.. I comes down to personal choice.. as long as we're all making good images, it doesn't really matter how we got there- just that we got there.. I just prefer a holga, mamiya 6mf and the like.. I also have a Phase One on a Hassy, but that's a bitch to take out for a hike! Its like the Nikon v. Canon thread.. it just comes down to how you want to do it......
- loaf0
so the only way to create vintage beat up look is to only use vintage beat up tools? i guess i better start polishing my glass plate negs.. :) seems like a slippery slope.. so if i hooked up my scanning back to my holga.. that would not be Kosher? that is what i do not get.. why does the capture medium matter? if i use Ilford xp1 is it true black and white since their is no silver in it and it is dye based?
- nicnichols0
I guess it comes down to if you want to capture an image, or make one up later in Photoshop.. I work in PS all day.. and at the end of the day, that last thing I want to do is have to tweak an image all night so that it looks good.. so, ya, you can download a cheesy action, there are plenty out there.. or you can just go make good images. If you have a good digital image, why would you want to make it look like an old camera?
- menos0
funny thing is people pay for any action...
- sikma0
funny thing is people pay for actions like that....
- loaf0
ha.. that is funny..
- Randd0
can't they just make a Holga ps plugin for your canon?
- seed0
You can turn a Holga into a 35mm with a little mod too.
- sikma0
bottom line is that it 100% doesn't matter how you get the end results.
period.
if you want a low-fi look use a low-fi camera - or - shoot a high quality image and dumb it down.
chose the work flow that best suits your needs and carry on.
- loaf0
why would i put a holga lens on a digi? film is dead.. light leaks.. that is what gaffers tape is for.. I do agree that the randomness is somewhat gone.. but from a working photographer standpoint.. that is not really a bad thing.. planned happy accidents are a good thing. i was trained a photographer with film.. i don't want to go back into the dark room.. i spent plenty of years doing it.. .. or spend 2.50 a polaroid for my large format cameras.. it is about the image making.. what is the big deal? what makes holga's and diana's appealing is the optics.. so why not try and adopt the optics..
i don't quite understand why people spend the money on the these over priced toy cameras? the thrift store is full of old and interesting cameras.. I guess it is all about being cool and having the right artsy fartsy name on your camera.. like the jack white lomo..
- nicnichols0
Like I always say.. if you need to add cheap effects to your image, you didn't start with a good image...
Shoot a Holga. Shoot Film.
- menos0
alright, I'm kinda stumped here... if you buy a holga (or any of the lomo cameras, for that matter) you SHOULD be expecting that trademark lomography 'look': light leaks, vignetting, over-saturated colors etc etc etc... I don't understand why you'd put a holga lens on a d200, for example, or why anyone would be expecting anything less of what is clearly the single most defining attribute of the whole lomography trend...it's unpredictable image quality.
- nicnichols0
Just came in the mail.. now I have to track down some 35 film.. demafleez.. you get any good images with it?
- loaf0
the holga lens for the d200 worked out OK.. the problems is that it is lens for a medium format camera.. the coverage is different.. you don't get that nice fall off like you do using a real holga or a Diana.. that is why i am trying to build some with crappy 35mm cameras.. i started one this weekend.. it shows promise.. very similar to the feel of the Lensbabies.. i basically used this guys template for building one.. i like the screw factor for being able to focus somewhat.. http://www.pbase.com/orbitalbox/…