There are a great number of 120 films available. First you should decide what film you will be shooting? Color C-41, B&W or Slide Film. There are many brands and specific film types and it is often hard to know which film is most appealing to you until you can see for yourself. It is best to experiment and see what results you like most. In this post we will look at two color films that give great results.

The film that you choose to shoot with greatly influence how the final prints will turn out. When shooting with a holga or other plastic lens camera a little grain in the film really helps bring out the softness. Shooting with ISO 400 film is also recommended with a Holga unless you are in bright sunlight then you could use a slower film with less grain. 400 ISO film is beautiful and works well with the shutter speed and F11 of the Holga camera.

My Favorite 400 Film is Fuji, The colors are lovely, nice moderate grain and good contrast. Available on Amazon:





Also posted World Wide from Adorama

If you are looking for bright vivid shots with little grain then an ISO 100 color negative film is great. I really like the highly vibrant saturated colors you can get from Kodak Ektar Color Negative Film. If you are in the US you can get Ektar Color 5 packs from amazon for a good price:






Kodak Ektar Color 5 Packs can be shipped World Wide from ADORAMA

Have fun trying out these color films. Next post we are going to cover the best Slide Films for Toy Cameras and Cross Processing the film.

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The Diana is a lovely retro 60s camera, now being re-sold by lomo they are still a cult classic that lives on!

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If you can take a Lomo photo of you wearing the shirt and add it to the comments below that would be way cool!

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Originally produced as a toy camera back in the Sixties by a factory in Hong Kong, the Diana camera has since become a cult classic. The original vintage editions of the Diana are highly sought after. The Diana is basically a Holga that looks even more retro and funky. The Diana also brings amazing vignette and soft dreamy effects to your photos.

The Diana+ camera is almost completely made of plastic, lens and all. It is a medium format camera that takes standard 120 rolls of film. It can produce 5.2cm x 5.2cm shots at 12 per roll, 4.2cm x 4.2cm shots at 16 per roll, or panoramic images. These different formats are achieved by using a specific mask in the camera body. The shutter speed on the Diana+ has two settings: “Normal” and “Bulb”. The normal setting gives you about 1/60 seconds of exposure, while the bulb exposes for as long as you hold the shutter.

This simple plastic camera is a legend!

Photo’s coming soon. Grab one from Amazon for only $45US: Lomography Diana F+ Medium Format Camera

Also available from Adorama with the Lomo Diana+ Flash and Film: Adorama

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The Holga WPC is an awesome addition to the Holga Family. The WPC is a basic pinhole camera that is so simple to use and allows the photographer to take amazing dreamy images.

Here are some shots from the 1st roll I shot with the WPC

The guide to exposure times is a rough guide only and it is best to experiment to find what exposure times work for you. The holga WPC features built in cable release threaded shutter release button, bubble level, 0.3mm f/135 pinhole, 1/4-20 thread tripod mount and masks for both 6×7 cm or 6×9cm images. Uses 120 size B&W or color film. You get both a 6×12 and 6×9 mask for it, to produce different size negs. I have not tested the 6×9 yet as I wanted to go wide with the shots.

The best thing about the Holga is the very low price for a panoramic pinhole!

You can get one from Adorama with free shipping in the states HERE

or from Amazon Holga 120WPC Wide Angle Pin Hole 120mm Film Medium Format Camera

Let me know what you think of the Holga WPC in the comment section below. Cheers

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Not knowing what to expect I picked up this awesome folding camera from eBay!

The Kershaw 630 was built from around 1955 by Kershaw-Soho in Leeds, UK.

This medium format camera is solid as a rock and this one is in mint condition! amazing considering the camera is over 50 years old..

It comes with original leather case:

I have shot a few rolls of film and achieved some really interesting results, especially cross processed long exposures, will upload photos to flikr when i get around to scanning them in..

The Kershaw can only be used with a shutter release cable, the lens is 80mm/f6.3 stopping to f.22, shutter has speeds 1/25, 1/75, 1/200 and Bulb. 120 film / 6×6 negatives. The Lens Pops/Folds out at the push of a button, what a party trick!

Im really astounded by the quality of photos this antique camera can produce, they are softer than your average SLR but clearer than a holga, dianna or other plastic lens 120 cameras. The clarity of the images is beautiful..

Here are some images from the Kershaw, these are from the first rolln black and white KodakCN 400ISO B&W

This is from the second roll shot with the Kershaw, Fuji Pro 400 C41, daytime long exposure:

The latest roll from the beast is slide film E-6 cross processed as C-41. I love the results:

Check Out more Kershaw shots on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/damienloverso/

If you get a chance find one secondhand and try out THE BEAST for yourself!

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The 135BC arrived last week along with 5 rolls of 35mm film!

This mini 35mm holga is very light and I love the design, its a fair bit smaller than the original Holga medium format cams.. Loading with 35mm film was very easy and all functions are clear and simple to use. There is a switch for “Bulb” or “Normal” shutter speed, flash hot shoe, focusing ring, sunny(f11)/cloudy(f8) aperture switch, tripod screw mount and cable release connection. I was very keen to load and start shooting, many photos in this test roll were shot inside the night I opened the box. I have a standard Holga Flash that works great with all the 120 Holgas and I was happy with the results under flash light on the 135BC, you can grab a Holga Flash from Amazon.com for real cheap: Holga Manual Shoe Mount Flash!

Composing shots made me think differently to using a Holga 120 as the format is not square in these new 35mm models. Considering I went for the black corners model - 135BC - I was expecting pronounced vignetting on almost all shots, I was very surprised to see almost a complete lack of this effect! I would like to test this further, its winter in Melbourne and hard to catch some sunlight so perhaps sunnier conditions could lead to more vignette. The freedom of having 24+ shots rather than 12 (standard 120 film) was cool. Im still a believer that 120 film is more suited to lomo photography and helps to produce dreamy deep and moody shots in a way unlike 35mm film.

Here are some shots from the 135BC (Agfa 200 ISO 35mm Color Negative Film):

Light Shade: Cloudy (f8) with Flash

Russel Street Melbourne: Cloudy (f8)

Graffiti Truck

Holgas, Kershaw folding camera from the 1950s and a Diana

Multiple Exposure

Overall this is a sweet little camera, and a nice addition to the Holga family.. The photos from this 1st roll are not as amazing as 120 photos from the other holga models, but the softness of a plastic lens and the slight vignette in these shots make it classic holga!

You can buy Holga 135’s on amazon:

Holga 135 BC (Bent Corners - Vignette Version) - Lomography Holga 135BC Plastic 35mm Camera - “Bent Corners” Version

Standard 135 - Holga 135 Plastic 35mm Camera

and the Pinhole 135 - Holga 135PC Plastic Pinhole 35mm Camera

Holga 135 - 35mm Editions are now available on eBay too and other crazy stuff for your holga like a fisheye lens!

Search now for Holga 135 on eBay