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07/15/2008 12:29:57 AM · #1
I know this is a digital website but I was wondering if anyone uses a Holga/Diana/Lomo film camera, I just got one, does anyone have any tips?

you can check out some of my attemps at www.flickr.com/photos/ashleyd50

Message edited by muckpond - fixed link.
07/15/2008 12:34:49 AM · #2
i don't have one, but my mentor, a professional photographer, carried a Diana all throughout Europe and said that although it could produce beautiful images, many scenes didn't work for the soft focus and vignetting that make Diana pictures so interesting. He used all black and white film and used black tape to cover light leaks, as he got his secondhand on Ebay.
07/15/2008 12:39:17 AM · #3
Yea, they produce very distinctly beautiful images, I think it's really a knack to be able to use one properly
07/15/2008 12:42:25 AM · #4
i do like to emulate the lomo effect on pictures from time to time
07/15/2008 12:45:08 AM · #5
i just checked out the ones you posted....those are very cool!
07/15/2008 12:45:28 AM · #6
Thanks! :]

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07/15/2008 01:01:50 AM · #7
Very nice indeed. What film did you use? I've tried Velvia slide film and the results are really cool.

Here are mine:
//craigrtaylor.blogspot.com/2008/05/holga-pics-are-in.html

My one tip is to make sure you shoot with the right mask in. I had the 12 shot mask in and shot 16 frames which is why the edges are double exposed.

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07/15/2008 01:02:06 AM · #8
Originally posted by Schmeldontino:

i don't have one, but my mentor, a professional photographer, carried a Diana all throughout Europe and said that although it could produce beautiful images, many scenes didn't work for the soft focus and vignetting that make Diana pictures so interesting. He used all black and white film and used black tape to cover light leaks, as he got his secondhand on Ebay.


New ones have light leaks too! :)
07/15/2008 01:19:03 PM · #9
Ciro-flex

About the price of a Holga, but better built.
07/15/2008 01:50:08 PM · #10
how about the AL?
oh wait, we talking about something different :P
07/16/2008 05:09:34 PM · #11
I got my first Holga a while ago (i say first because i'll probably get another at some point). I think it help take myself out of shooting and gets into more visualization. Something i've not been very good at with my other photowerks. Its a very fun format to use (120 b&w for me) and i think from the looks of your pics, you've got the feel for it. The double exposures whether intentional or not, seem to really be cool. Great fun.
06/11/2009 03:46:03 PM · #12
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