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Holga lens on a dslr ?
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Anyone tried out these Holga lenses you can get for your dslr. I’m considering dabbling for a bit if fun, and wonder has anyone else shot with one..
You can get them on ebay in Nikon and Canon mounts for about €15 from Hong Kong – no image stabilisation or autofocus though ;)
They’re on the ‘bay if you search for ‘Nikon Holga’ or ‘Canon Holga’
Indeed, it would seem the worlds reliance on Japanese dslr’s will bring the events in Japan into sharp focus for many, pardon the pun.. an unfortunate facet of today’s consumer-driven lives, but if it draws peoples attention to the real and important issues in Japan, all the better..
In any case, back to plastic lenses! Are you tempted..? :)
for under £12 delivered – I have wasted more than that on bad wine! Will probably order one and laugh at the results
Lol, yes, potentially more amusement value than bad wine! :)
Not sure you would get a pass from the toy camera crowd – perhaps if you modified your Canon, to improve it with some light leaks.. ;)
yeah, i have one, but to be honest i dont use it much, much rather my actual holga, kinda sucks the fun outa the holga, plus you dont get all the effects of the holga, light leaks, film plain warping, scratched negs etc, you just get a plastic lens:( kinda like “diet holga” all the crap half the creativity:)
stew
Hi Stewart – any examples of shots you’ve made with the holga lens on a dslr ?
The problem with using a (sort-of) medium format Holga lens would be that you probably don’t get the fall-off, coma, vignetting and diffraction effects etc. to the same extent, as you get esp. in the corners of a Holga, on the comparatively small sensor of your SLR.
If you’re keen to experiment, basically ANYTHING* can be made to work on an SLR (reading glasses, 2€ magnifying lenses, etc….). A good way to do that is buying a cheap set of macro bellows that have, – or adapt to -, the SLR mount of your choice. Fix your lens with some tape/cardboard/whatever to the front and hey, presto!: You can focus the sucker easily; the results can be very interesting.* when I said ANYTHING, I meant: “Lens with reasonably long focal length” (say, ~75mm to ~250mm, depending of course on camera thickness (“registration distance”) and bellows length) if you want to be able to focus to infinity….
Lol ‘sort-of’. I figure they will be different, but perhaps crap in a new, interesting way :)
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