You might be wondering why Light Stalking is reviewing a very niche, 40-year-old, Soviet film camera… Well, sometimes we just love getting nostalgic, and on a practical note, when you’re getting into film photography, there aren’t too many cheaper options than a Zenit SLR like the Zenit 11. Built like tanks and ruggedly simple, many […]
Tag: Holga
Holga is a medium format camera designed by Lee Ting-Mo in 1982, in Hong Kong. It was initially available with black and white film and the intention was to provide an inexpensive camera to the working class people to capture portraits and events.
The camera itself is a low cost build and the resulting images display vignetting, blur, light leaks and other distortions. The holga look was quite famous among even serious photographers and they began using it for their surrealistic rendering of images.
Most Holga cameras come with a plastic lens, with a focal length of 60mm and use the zone focus system resulting in soft images in general. In 2015, the Holga 120, a digital version of the Holga camera was introduced. It has a glass optic with variable aperture settings, low noise CMOS sensor and 8 megapixel resolution.
Digital technology seems to be evolving in every field each year including photography so has the interest in olden ways of photographing in film. A lot of analog cameras flood the market and so do some toy cameras and one of the simplest and quite popular film cameras is the lomography camera. This, despite the […]
Photographer Olivia Bee contends that “it’s way more important to know how to take a picture than use a camera.” I tend to agree. Here’s why. Using A Camera Obviously, one does have to know how to use a camera. I’ve said on numerous occasions that one of the pitfalls of frequently upgrading camera bodies […]
Ever since the masterful photographs of Ansel Adams, photographers have flocked to emulate his dramatic black and white photographs of mountains. And in many cases, we think a lot of them have done a very nice job of photographing the subject. Use this collection as inspiration to try it out for yourself and find the […]
It’s been another wonderful week in the wide world of photography, and Toad Hollow Photography has been looking in all corners of the internet to find links to the best tutorials, special features, great photography and interesting blogs to share here with everyone. This week’s list features some terrific pieces and articles, and we really hope you enjoy reading and seeing them.
In today’s marketplace, it’s easy to find cameras with rugged, durable bodies constructed of magnesium alloy frames and polycarbonate exteriors; with state of the art sensors and so many advanced features that you may never get around to using. Even many point and shoot cameras pack a pretty hefty punch in terms of feature set […]
