Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 5/27/05, SonC@aol.com <SonC@aol.com> wrote: > One day in the French Quarter on the way to meet Chris, I encountered a > woman with a Lomo, a Diana, and a Hassy. If that ain't cutting edge..... That may have been Melissa, a regular poster at toycamera.com and its forum. I think her blog's url was elvissoutherndeathcult or something crazy. Skeptics should browse around the toycamera.com galleries and forum postings. There are many banal images and images that look kind of arty because of Holga defects, yes. But also some fine images. Holgas are nice enough cameras for the price ($15-20), especially the newest ones that take care of the annoyances (film unwinding, backs falling off, no 6x6 mask) while still employing that lovely plastic lens. Using one is no different from Sally Mann employing turn-of-the-century damaged and decaying lenses for her wet-plate collodion work. Whatever gets it done. -- MP wooderson@gmail.com