Foray into Film
Recently, I acquired a new camera: a Holga 120N. The Holga is a very inexpensive medium format camera that takes 120 film, exposing either 6x4.5cm or 6x6cm frames. As Min mentioned, it is entirely plastic, including the lens. It is light leaky, has only two shutter speeds and apertures, it's fixed focal length, and mostly fixed focus. By all measures, it is an under performing camera. Its quality pales in comparison to my DSLR. But there is something magical about it. It goes soft at the edges, giving it a very nostalgic feel. It looks and feels like a toy, but is capable of producing serious art.
I got my first roll of film developed last week. The pictures are amazing. I am disappointed in the lab -- they seem to have gotten the processing right, but they cropped my prints and corrected my exposures (shots with the lens cap on should not be medium gray...it's not that light leaky). So I tried scanning the film in on my scanner. Above is one of the results. Pretty good, though a bit dusty.
I'm excited to get around to do shots of the major New York landmarks, especially bridges and subway stations. I'm sure Grand Central will get a visit too.
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