Holga 120N Review (The Art Camera)

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  • Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
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  • @user-re7po
    @user-re7po 4 роки тому +80

    It’s like The Room of cameras, it’s so bad it’s good.

  • @BlazingSerenade
    @BlazingSerenade 5 років тому +28

    the holga 120 is what made me fall in love with film photography. I have like six different colors of the 120 lol, good review

  • @patsirianni7984
    @patsirianni7984 2 місяці тому +1

    I have used Holga and Woca both plastic Cameras. The photo quality depends on how well you cover the light leaks with gaffers tape

  • @ClassicalRips
    @ClassicalRips 4 роки тому +13

    There is a shutter release cable adapter for the Holga, that's why it has a bulb mode. No more blur on long exposures when you use it!

    • @GarrettCrespo
      @GarrettCrespo  4 роки тому +1

      Awesome! I'll go scouring the internet for that! Thanks!

    • @cedeisidra7810
      @cedeisidra7810 Рік тому

      I wanted to explore the Long Exposures shots of Holga 120 GCFN but I couldn’t find the Shutter Release Cable Adapter in my country 🇵🇭

  • @forever420j
    @forever420j 5 років тому +12

    Thank you so much for the review, it helped a lot in making a better decision on whether to purchase this camera or not .

  • @angelaholmyard4852
    @angelaholmyard4852 4 роки тому +5

    Great review! I recently ordered myself a second hand one and am very excited to play with it. I have only shot digital cameras so this review helped understand some terms I hadn’t before.

  • @sparklesnowadvencha
    @sparklesnowadvencha 2 роки тому +2

    Hey thank you for this. It helped me a lot. Answered all my questions 😂 this is my new hobby and I don’t know where to start. I recently bought one so, hopefully i could create something nice 😄

  • @eminusipi
    @eminusipi 5 років тому +3

    I bought one of these about 6 months ago. If you're not a fan of light leaks, instead of taping the back try stuffing some black cotton yarn into the groove on the back. It seems to be working for me. I saw a tip for using filters with the Holga. You can press-fit a 46mm filter adapter into the lens and use any filters that you may have or want to use. I have a bunch of 52mm filters for B&W and the adapter lets me use any of them.

    • @deadlycreature3359
      @deadlycreature3359 Рік тому

      thanks for the advice. I was worried about Light Leaks, but ordered this online last night.

  • @emeraldruby3942
    @emeraldruby3942 4 роки тому +4

    i just found my old camera in some drawer. came directly here lol. thx nice video! tc ;]

  • @OneHellOfASandwich
    @OneHellOfASandwich 4 роки тому +8

    the flash that you can buy for it is synched to the shutter speed. but only the holga flash.

    • @photonutz09
      @photonutz09 4 роки тому

      I've used Profoto packs with a pocket wizard with a Holga just fine

  • @luisalmanza119
    @luisalmanza119 5 років тому +7

    I really enjoyed this video! I'll probably buy this camera!

    • @GarrettCrespo
      @GarrettCrespo  5 років тому +1

      I highly recommend it! It’s great for practicing composition!

  • @mzf11125
    @mzf11125 4 роки тому +2

    Holga 120n is my favorite

  • @fcolpz
    @fcolpz 3 роки тому +2

    For long exposure, you can cover the lens with your hand or a hat or something and then hit the switch. That might help get a sharper result.

  • @stevenwagner7520
    @stevenwagner7520 4 роки тому +3

    The Holga hot shoe is X synced and works with electronic flash. I think of the Holga as the modem box camera.

    • @GarrettCrespo
      @GarrettCrespo  4 роки тому

      Thanks for letting me know!

    • @eminusipi
      @eminusipi 4 роки тому

      Funny that most people don't know that flash bulbs had different sync delay requirements My old Nikon F had setting for these before the electronic flashes were common. I think that the fastest shutter speed for X sync was 1/60 sec.

    • @stevenwagner7520
      @stevenwagner7520 4 роки тому

      @@eminusipi Agreed, all most people today know X sync because everything is electronic strobe, no flash bulbs are used. I remember 'M' sync being used in some situations. I don't miss having to buy buying flashbulbs and having to look up flash guide-numbers which would vary as to the film, the flashbulb, and the reflector.

  • @eliya2222
    @eliya2222 3 роки тому +1

    awesome review, thank you for all that info! loved to hear you talk about it :)

  • @steveb2145
    @steveb2145 3 роки тому +3

    refreshing in the age of digital...

  • @namebrandmason
    @namebrandmason 3 роки тому +7

    Guitarists get it: it's not GOOD, but it's interesting.

  • @photonutz09
    @photonutz09 3 роки тому +2

    120 really had no aspect ratio standard. Many cameras were made in other than 6x6 such as the Pentax 67 (6x7) the Fuji 617 (6x17) the Mamiya 645 (6x4.5).

  • @aish_555
    @aish_555 4 роки тому +2

    Great review, thank you so much!

  • @deadlycreature3359
    @deadlycreature3359 Рік тому

    I just boughta holga 120 120Gcfn. waiting for it to ship.

  • @moonlightval13
    @moonlightval13 2 роки тому

    cant wait to get it

  • @m.a.1647
    @m.a.1647 3 роки тому +1

    Pentax k1000 was my first camera. I still have it...somewhere...lol

  • @RobinRobin-hc3jq
    @RobinRobin-hc3jq 5 років тому +1

    Great review man! You really know your shit.

    • @GarrettCrespo
      @GarrettCrespo  5 років тому +1

      I’m glad you think so! I also to a TON of reading in the bit of free time I have! Lol

  • @ianhh23
    @ianhh23 4 роки тому

    I have a big doubt about compensating when looking thru the viewfinder because recently I realized, but this was in an instax mini, that you have to compensate the opposite sides that you would think

  • @alexcarrillo4143
    @alexcarrillo4143 4 роки тому +2

    When you buy A Holga that inside the box their is a 645 Mask that you an 16 or 15 shots, and Who SAID? 120 Format is going away, As I did not buy that 1933 Plaubel Makina 6x9 camera for nothing after fixing the Rangefinder window.... Also I have 5 Holga's models in which 3 of them has a Glass lens, and the other two is the bent corners 35mm Holga, and the Pinhole Panoramic Holga., and I also got the cable release adapter to shoot it with a cable release.... Hey the Holga camera is like the Kodak Brownie...

  • @kevintu6727
    @kevintu6727 4 роки тому +3

    I love this camera I love photography but am a beginner it’s a cheap camera but really good for beginners

    • @GarrettCrespo
      @GarrettCrespo  4 роки тому +3

      Absolutely! Because it forces you to focus on the basics before going on to the advanced stuff.

    • @kevintu6727
      @kevintu6727 4 роки тому

      Garrett Crespo sorry if this sounds stupid but when I mean I’m new at this I mean I am a complete noob how do u get the film uploaded on to the computer 😂

    • @GarrettCrespo
      @GarrettCrespo  4 роки тому

      You either need to scan it yourself or have the place you developed it at scan it for you.

  • @16976212
    @16976212 5 років тому +6

    The more you learn *que music*

  • @photonutz09
    @photonutz09 3 роки тому +1

    Also, the "sunny/cloudy" switch does not adjust the shutter - that is fixed at 1/80th also the hot shoe works perfectly fine. This review has so many err5ors

  • @225cadaveres
    @225cadaveres 2 роки тому

    Is this the same advertised in Aliexpress? Or the one in there is even lower quality?

  • @emilecrowther7706
    @emilecrowther7706 3 роки тому

    With the flash you can set it to B do a long exposure and blast a flash, the flash will give you a sharp image naturally. Also the flash will help to pull focus. Easy.

  • @treetoker420
    @treetoker420 5 років тому +1

    Hey man I got a noob question, what happens if I hit the shutter button twice while on the same shot?

    • @GarrettCrespo
      @GarrettCrespo  5 років тому +5

      You get a double exposure. I show it in the video. Basically the film captures 2 overlapping images.

    • @GarrettCrespo
      @GarrettCrespo  5 років тому +2

      I show it at 7:53

    • @montruo000000007
      @montruo000000007 4 роки тому +1

      This is the exact reason I want to buy it, for the creativity aspect and the “oops, I dropped it, but it doesn’t matter” peace of mind it brings (im guessing)

  • @sabmarfori
    @sabmarfori 3 роки тому

    Hi! May I see the link to your video of the Pentax film camera?

    • @GarrettCrespo
      @GarrettCrespo  3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/32aEmYPo0nM/v-deo.html

  • @user-rj1qg2if7n
    @user-rj1qg2if7n 3 роки тому +1

    How do you develop 120 film?

    • @GarrettCrespo
      @GarrettCrespo  3 роки тому +1

      120 film develops the same as 35mm film. You’ll either have C-41 process film or E6 process film. C-41 gets you a negative image that you’ll need to color invert after development. E6 is a slide positive film. That means there’s no need to invert the colors. As for development, I take C-41 film to a local film lab, but I develop E6 film on my own.

  • @robertwoish5555
    @robertwoish5555 2 роки тому

    Where is this link of which you speak?

  • @anothernightpassing
    @anothernightpassing 2 роки тому

    Does it take only black and white photos?

    • @GarrettCrespo
      @GarrettCrespo  2 роки тому +1

      Nope. It can shoot whatever kind of film you load into it. Color, black and white, chromatic, you name it!

  • @gee111.
    @gee111. 4 роки тому

    thank you

  • @lulwafo2617
    @lulwafo2617 4 роки тому

    dose need a battery and if so what kind?

  • @mueslimuncher1950
    @mueslimuncher1950 3 роки тому

    120 fold phasing out? What the ***k are you talking about? 😳

    • @GarrettCrespo
      @GarrettCrespo  3 роки тому

      I was more referring to back when this came out and film was still in its heavy decline.

  • @nelsonfoote7641
    @nelsonfoote7641 3 роки тому

    Gaffer tape is your friend with Holgas.

  • @Christopher-ni1dl
    @Christopher-ni1dl 3 роки тому

    can you record on it?

  • @magdacastillo123vicastillo3
    @magdacastillo123vicastillo3 4 роки тому

    Boring