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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.

Tags: 120, 6x6, Holga, Uncategorized, holgasquare website, lomo, medium format by aztek
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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!

Try searching on eBay by clicking here!

Tags: 120, 6x6, antique, folding camera, kershaw, review by aztek
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