Holga Help?

bluefly — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:59:05 -0800

I received this Holga camera as an early birthday present. It uses 120 size film. Searching past questions on AskMefi suggests that it can be slightly hard to find a place to develop this type of film, and that it can be expensive unless you have your own photo scanner. Should I return it and get a 35 mm version? I am only a tourist taking pictures type person; I have no aspirations for even amateur status. I would only be using this camera for a hobby to have fun. I searched Flickr to see what pictures from this camera look like, and I think they look really cool -- even the blurry ones. When I search for pictures taken with the 35 mm Holga, they are decidedly less cool/weird. They just look like slightly soft pictures that I could take with my old little 35 mm camera that I already own.

My question is this: Is there selection bias going on, and are the pics taken by the medium format camera just taken by better photographers? Or does that camera/film size actually lend itself to more light leaks/vignetting/other stuff? If it's the latter, I'll just keep this one and find a friend with a scanner.

Thanks so much.

developing 120 film in nyc?

missed — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:05:04 -0800

I'm about to get my first Holga camera and am wondering where I can get 120 film developed in NYC. I live near the Queens border and am mostly home-bound because I care for my grandmother. I'd like to find an affordable 120 film developer that can also put the prints on a cd (a la drugstore processing). Preferably located along the E train line in Manhattan, but any location in Manhattan will do. Any suggestions?

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