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Well... may be not quite fantastic but it is really not too bad for a toy with a plastic lens at any rate... :D


Not really looking for critique as they are nothing special but please feel free to comment away... :p


1. Last year I invested in bought one of these... :eek:

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Don't you just :love: that colour... :naughty:


I didn't rush out to play straight away as it did scare me a bit... but I did take it to Skye in June last year... :shrug: ...

... and here are the results returned just this week from my first use of Peak Imaging... :thumbs:

2. Through the conservatory reflection and all...

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3. Across the Loch...

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4. From the garden...

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And from Blakeney in June this year...

5. An indoor mono...

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And finally...

6. An outdoor mono...

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Just a bit of fun really but a surprisingly pleasing all round result imhgo... :D






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image 3 is stunning!! nice colour camera too :)
 
Dave450 said:
image 3 is stunning!! nice colour camera too :)
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:lol:

Why thank you and thank you Dave... :$


Although I'm not sure we can be looking at the same picture... :naughty:


It really surprises me how good this thing can be... :thinking: ...just imagine it in the hands of someone who can actually take photographs... :D






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Those aren't actually that bad ;)
 
I'm liking them V, 2 & 5 stand out for me nice vignetting too.

The colour matches your avatar so all good me thinks
 
Quite like the last one, it's got a very retro feel to it. What do you recon, should we have a 'Show us you Holga shots' thread? or just add them to this thread?
 
Markk said:
Those aren't actually that bad ;)
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Thanx Mark... :thumbs:


vmlopes said:
I'm liking them V, 2 & 5 stand out for me nice vignetting too.

The colour matches your avatar so all good me thinks
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Cheers VM... ;) ... and do you know I hadn't noticed, but you're so right... :suspect:


Hawker said:
Quite like the last one, it's got a very retro feel to it. What do you recon, should we have a 'Show us you Holga shots' thread? or just add them to this thread?
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Thank you Hawker... ;) ... and please do... :thumbs: ... although I think there may have been something similar in the dim and distant I would like to see some updates from the novelty/toy camera group... :lol:



Let's geddum up here then... :D





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theres an idea, holga and lomo thread!

can i start it, pretty please?! :thumbs:

as for the pictures, i love them. nice retro feel to them and the monos are great.
 
onefunkypenguin said:
theres an idea, holga and lomo thread!

can i start it, pretty please?! :thumbs:

as for the pictures, i love them. nice retro feel to them and the monos are great.
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I reckon it's too late OFP... :suspect: ... we've already started it... :D


And thank you muchly... :thumbs:


So can we expect to see yours here sometime soon... :suspect:





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Well in that case, here are few from me :) These are from the propper roll I've had back, and I'm quite impressed, considering it's a pretty ugly lump of plastic. Now all I need to do is order in some more film :)

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4.
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I know the horizon is way off on the sea one, with these I've decided not to 'photoshop' to them, just a quick resize from the scanned photos :)
 
Hawker said:
Well in that case, here are few from me :) These are from the propper roll I've had back, and I'm quite impressed, considering it's a pretty ugly lump of plastic. Now all I need to do is order in some more film :)
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Wowsa... :eek: ... and I thought mine were halfway decent... :suspect: ... they are stunning by comparison Hawker... :thumbs:


Looking forward to this running on and on... :D





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Great pics guys! Ive just sent off 8 rolls today to be processed, so I'll post a few when I get them back. I figure there must be atleast 2 or 3 useable ones from 8 rolls! :lol:
 
hawker, they are fantastic. loving number 2 and 4!

the fourth looks like smallgantics
 
il upload some of mine soon, what you want? fisheye? diana? cheap plastic fantastic? :lol:
 
kreuzberg said:
Great pics guys! Ive just sent off 8 rolls today to be processed, so I'll post a few when I get them back. I figure there must be atleast 2 or 3 useable ones from 8 rolls! :lol:
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lol I know that feeling, for me there were a few 'non exposed' shots on the film, must have been times when I couldn't rememeber if I wound on or not so wound anyway. Oh, an loosing a few shots to light (three I think) when the back fell of the camera, oops.

edit; Cheers all :)
 
kreuzberg said:
Great pics guys! Ive just sent off 8 rolls today to be processed, so I'll post a few when I get them back. I figure there must be atleast 2 or 3 useable ones from 8 rolls! :lol:
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You would think so KB... :suspect: ... where'd you send your fillums too... :shrug:


onefunkypenguin said:
il upload some of mine soon, what you want? fisheye? diana? cheap plastic fantastic? :lol:
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Who cares... :shrug: ... get them all up m8... :lol:


Mohain said:
Scan of B&W print.
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That's really lovely Mohain... :thumbs: ... amazing quality shot... ;)


This is shaping up to be an interesting thread and I, for one, am really looking forward to seeing loads more from your toys... :D ...

...might even load mine up with fillum again... :naughty:





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Considering a camera is only as good as it's lens, not bad at all! better than I would have expected, though I wont be rushing off to buy one.

Nigel.
 
ooh this is bad I want a holga but cant really afford the cost :-(

Shouldn't of opened this thread
 
I knew it would be an expensive piece of kit :)
 
You guys are like the pushy drug dealers, "just have a little bit of holga, come on youll love it its cheap!" then you get that and you start itching for something harder "if only i just had a more professional medium format camera" next thing you know your up to your eye balls in gear!

hahah
 
ryank said:
You guys are like the pushy drug dealers, "just have a little bit of holga, come on youll love it its cheap!" then you get that and you start itching for something harder "if only i just had a more professional medium format camera" next thing you know your up to your eye balls in gear!
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:lol:


Only difference is we don't get a cut... :suspect:


And anyway... :shrug: ... why should we be the only ones up to our eyeballs... :naughty:






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AlexW said:
I don't have a scanner, how much are we talking for film, and then the cost of developing and scanning?
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Loads of peeps on TP seem to do their own P & P and scanning Alex... :shrug:


I'm a lazy git and have just had my last lot done by Peak Imaging... to process and scan to CD costs around £14.95 for a roll of 120... ;)



I have not carried out an extensive search for alternatives as I wanted to try Peak out but next time I may look around a bit... :D


There are already one or two threads on the subject on the forae though... :thinking:


HTH... ;)


EDIT... just checked fleabay and you can pick up rolls of 120 for a couple of squids depending on what you want... :suspect:




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Venomator said:
You would think so KB... :suspect: ... where'd you send your fillums too... :shrug:
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Venomator said:
I'm a lazy git and have just had my last lot done by Peak Imaging... to process and scan to CD costs around £14.95 for a roll of 120... ;)
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Jesus thats pricey, I hear they do good work ***.

I sent them to Spectrum Imaging in Newcastle. I havn't used these guys before but according to their website they know what their doing. The price they charge is unbelievable ***, £6 for processing, 4" prints and scan onto cd!

Now I dont know what quality they'l be but I'll let you know, it seems almost too good to be true cos their about half the price anyone else charges. I know the scan is only 1024 x 1024 but it should be good enough for flickr etc

If they turn out to be good, you can thank me later :lol:
 
Thanx KB... :thumbs: ... will have to check them out... :D


Sounds logical to me to only get 1024s as I have so many duff shots it does seem illogical to pay good money to ditch them... :suspect: ... any really decent ones could then be individually scanned at better quality if you need to... :shrug:






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This one is in the most recent issue of Light Leaks (taken with a Diana)

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More Diana..

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Kodak Brownie Hawkeye with flipped lens

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I really, really like all of those HGB... :thumbs: ... the merry-go-round horse just leaps out at you and says wtf are you looking at with that toy camera... :lol:


And excuse my ignorance but what is the 'flipped lens' reference on the last... :shrug:







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Venomator said:
I really, really like all of those HGB... :thumbs: ... the merry-go-round horse just leaps out at you and says wtf are you looking at with that toy camera... :lol:


And excuse my ignorance but what is the 'flipped lens' reference on the last... :shrug:

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With a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye you can open it up and flip the lens around for maximum blur :cool:

Here's a link to the Flickr group

http://www.flickr.com/groups/browniehawkeyeflash
 
Ah... thanx a lot for edifying me... :thumbs:


I will take a look at the group... ;)






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Got my films back from Spectrum and all I can say is that their average. There were quite a few scratches on the films that are visable on the scans and the 4x4 prints were printed on 4x6 photo paper so they have a 1"border than need cutting off. The also only printed and scanned 4 films as the other 4 were shot in 6x12 panaramas and they said they couldnt scan them even though I phoned them and they said they could.

Theres a few examples:

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Theres a few more here if anyone is interested:

Holga Adventures
 
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