So I have most of my "serious" lenses for my Canon DSLR, cheapy versions of them they may be, I ain't made of money. But I've started experimenting with, well, weird lenses. The one I want to talk about today is a Holga lens.
https://www.amazon.com/Holga-HL-C-Ca...dp/B07MF9VGB6/
Pretty much the cheapest, plastic'y'ist, no frills lens possible, other than maybe a pinhole lens, which Holga also makes but I haven't tried that one yet.
It's 60mm, which is a bit zoomed in on a full frame, and on my cheaper crop sensor camera is the equivalent of a 96mm, you're always backing up to try and get things into frame.
It's labeled as an F8, but that's a bit of a fib. There's a weird aperture plate on the back of the lens with 6 tiny holes in it, to cause some particular effects, but basically means it's a F22 lens. The good, focus is out to darn near infinity. What little focus adjustment it has is for when things are too close. The bad, it's DARK to look through. Even on a bright sunny day you're often just pointing the camera at something and you hope it's in frame. You also will probably need to crank you ISO to near max, and probably have to use a longer shutter than you may be comfortable with.
So all that sure makes it sound like the lens is just a pain in the ass. Well, it's true. But the effect is something that's super aesthetically pleasing. As the post title says, it feels like a time machine. You get pictures that look like you dug them out of your Grandma's photo album. Or found in some dusty library archive.
So, one of the last one room schools taken in the 60's, or a preserved museum building taken last month?
I get a early Friday the 13th sequel on VHS vibe with the one above.
And with a few tweaks in post you can get something like this...
Anyone else play around with so called "toy" lenses for some interesting lo-fi art pictures?
https://www.amazon.com/Holga-HL-C-Ca...dp/B07MF9VGB6/
Pretty much the cheapest, plastic'y'ist, no frills lens possible, other than maybe a pinhole lens, which Holga also makes but I haven't tried that one yet.
It's 60mm, which is a bit zoomed in on a full frame, and on my cheaper crop sensor camera is the equivalent of a 96mm, you're always backing up to try and get things into frame.
It's labeled as an F8, but that's a bit of a fib. There's a weird aperture plate on the back of the lens with 6 tiny holes in it, to cause some particular effects, but basically means it's a F22 lens. The good, focus is out to darn near infinity. What little focus adjustment it has is for when things are too close. The bad, it's DARK to look through. Even on a bright sunny day you're often just pointing the camera at something and you hope it's in frame. You also will probably need to crank you ISO to near max, and probably have to use a longer shutter than you may be comfortable with.
So all that sure makes it sound like the lens is just a pain in the ass. Well, it's true. But the effect is something that's super aesthetically pleasing. As the post title says, it feels like a time machine. You get pictures that look like you dug them out of your Grandma's photo album. Or found in some dusty library archive.
So, one of the last one room schools taken in the 60's, or a preserved museum building taken last month?
I get a early Friday the 13th sequel on VHS vibe with the one above.
And with a few tweaks in post you can get something like this...
Anyone else play around with so called "toy" lenses for some interesting lo-fi art pictures?
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