Meysha
still being picky Vicky
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Hi all,
Yes finally my Holga arrived. I have been lucky enough to receive a piece of crap plastic that somehow manages to take photos. I think I'm in Love. :heart: :heart:
So first thing I did when I got it was rip it open and stick a roll of 35mm in after sticking a few rubber bands on the inside to hold the film on the roll. Taped the thing up like crazy (Why the hell do they have a big window on the back?!) Quickly ran around town snapping shots and got it developped. Despite a few light leaks, they couldn't print the film! I never realised that you actually need those little numbers and bar code things on the edges of the film to print photos! ARGH Frustrating. because I don't have a scanner either.
So for the second roll of film, I modified the Holga again by taping up the inside this time so that it wouldn't expose those number/barcode things on the edges of the negative. And got it develloped. YAY! I have real photos! Ok so they really really really suck but this is the first time I've developped photos in years!
The focusing on this thing is absolutely shocking! I end up with a splodge in the middle-right hand corner that's actually in focus and really sharp, but the rest is all blurry and gets shocking towards the bottom left corner! maybe it's because the film was a little loose in the camera?
Also I always forget to wind the film on, so I have a few funny double and even triple exposed shots!
I'll try and borrow a scanner off someone and put up my first attempts so you can all laugh at me. he he Jks.
Yes finally my Holga arrived. I have been lucky enough to receive a piece of crap plastic that somehow manages to take photos. I think I'm in Love. :heart: :heart:
So first thing I did when I got it was rip it open and stick a roll of 35mm in after sticking a few rubber bands on the inside to hold the film on the roll. Taped the thing up like crazy (Why the hell do they have a big window on the back?!) Quickly ran around town snapping shots and got it developped. Despite a few light leaks, they couldn't print the film! I never realised that you actually need those little numbers and bar code things on the edges of the film to print photos! ARGH Frustrating. because I don't have a scanner either.
So for the second roll of film, I modified the Holga again by taping up the inside this time so that it wouldn't expose those number/barcode things on the edges of the negative. And got it develloped. YAY! I have real photos! Ok so they really really really suck but this is the first time I've developped photos in years!
The focusing on this thing is absolutely shocking! I end up with a splodge in the middle-right hand corner that's actually in focus and really sharp, but the rest is all blurry and gets shocking towards the bottom left corner! maybe it's because the film was a little loose in the camera?
Also I always forget to wind the film on, so I have a few funny double and even triple exposed shots!
I'll try and borrow a scanner off someone and put up my first attempts so you can all laugh at me. he he Jks.