Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/26
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Tim Atherton wrote:
>The Holga is the perfect camera - a plastic $14.95 "Leica" that takes 120
>film...
It must be the _only_ "Leica" that takes 120. Where is this amazing
engineering feat manufactured?
>
>Actually, they can be fun. The Bokeh is off the scale (I won't say in which
>direction!).
You mean, very approximately, that the subject is out of focus, the
background is sharp, and the 'bokeh' is mega 3D?
>You also have to know where to apply gaffer tape to stop the
>light leaks.
That's easy - you tape the lens.
>You get 2 shutter speeds and zone focusing. But they do help us
>remember that photography is about seeing, not just equipment.
Presumably that's 'B' and 'ahelluvalot'. And yes, millions of Kodak Brownie
owners can't be wrong.
>
>Actually, I have seen b&w pictures of Cuba taken with a Holga that were
>better than an awful lot of pictures taken with systems that cost a hell of
>a lot more than 14.95.
Why Cuba? But I take your point. It's amazing what you can do with the
business end of a Coke bottle.....<g>
>
>(and yes, I must admit to owning a Holga - though that may get me
>excommunicated from the LUG!)
Well that makes two of you. Anyone else want to confess?
Slan
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