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Holga 135BC - 1st Impressions
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!
Holga 135 - 35mm Editions are now available worldwide on eBay too and other crazy stuff for your holga like a fisheye lens!
Search now for Holga 135 on eBay
Let everyone know what you think of the 135BC by leaving a comment below..
New Holga 35mm Models from Lomo
Lomography.com have released a series of new Holga 35mm cameras!
Im real excited to try one for myself! Have just ordered the Holga 35mm 135BC(Black Corners) model. I will post experiences from the 1st roll on this blog holgasquare.com in a few weeks.
Here are details of the BC model I orderd today:
Holga 35MM 135BC (source: http://shop.lomography.com/shop/)
The 135BC model features a unique mask that enhances the shadowy vignette effect on shots taken with this Holga. Standard Holgas are renowned for this effect and im wondering how comparable this effect is in the 35mm models. Firstly I dont think vignette is as suitaded to a non square aspect ratio print that 35mm produces. Vignette with 120 square prints is amazing.
Here are specifications for the 135BC:
size: 4.5″ x 3″ x 2.5″ (Smaller than the standard Holga)
weight: 170grams
format: all 35mm film
lens: plastic 47mm, f/8
focus: manual zone focus with four distance settings
approximate 35mm format equivalent focal length: 38mm
aperature settings: f/8, f/11
shutter speeds: 1/125, “B”
flash: standard hotshoe
rear mask for enhanced vignette effect
multiple exposures
standard tripod and cable release threads
Also available is the standard 35mm Holga and the very tempting 35mm Holga Pinhole!
If you have had any experience with these new Holga models please add your opinion to the comments section of this post.
Holga 135 - 35mm Editions are now available worldwide on eBay too, you can also find flashes for the 135BC and heaps of other cool stuff like a fisheye lens!
Search now for Holga 135 on eBay
thanks!
Aztek
