Rolling with the Holga
Posted on February 6th, 2008 in Photography |
I’m using my Holga on a more regular basis these days. It is nice to have a film camera for those times I don’t want to feel obligated to import and process images right away. I can just go out, take a few frames and repeat until the roll is finished.
And now that I have a scanner capable of digitizing the medium format negatives I can still share them online. I picked up a refurbished Epson 4490 from the Epson website for $98 shipped. A steal considering it costs almost $20 to have a single roll scanned at a local shop. So now I just pay about $1 for expired film and another $5 to develop the negatives. 
And I really get a kick out of the look the Holga produces. Yes, it isn’t difficult to reproduce in Photoshop, but sometimes I want to spend as little time behind the computer as possible.
After my current roll is finished, I plan to setup the Holga to take 35mm film, so I can get the cool “image over the sprocket hole” effect.
One of my favorite sources for Holga info is the Squarefrog website.