If you love the look of pictures taken with theHolga — those cheap , plastic television camera made in China — but do n’t desire to divvy up with the oh - so - last - C idea of film , check into out Holgamods’Holga Body Cap .
Randy Smith , the man behind Holgamods , has use up the lens off a pedigree Holga and grafted it onto a Canon trunk cap that fits all of the Canon D - SLRs , admit the Digital Rebel series , the EOS 5D Digital , the new EOS 40D Digital , and even the top - of - the - credit line EOS-1Ds Mark III ( it would probably fit any of the more mod Canon film cameras as well ) .
The result is pure plastic goodness without the darkroom . Like the Lensbaby ( another of our favorite toy ) , the Holga Body Cap is n’t an automatic lens of the eye . You ’ll need to shoot in manual mode , and position the shutter pep pill accordingly , but it ’s a lot of fun , and you terminate up those dreamy , varying - focus images that tell everyone you ’re just a lilliputian bit off - kilter . And it ’s light and compact enough to fit in even the small camera bag .
In the few Clarence Shepard Day Jr. that I ’ve been playing with my Holga Body Cap , I ’ve point out that it gives me a soft , Ortonesqueglow with many images ( like the one at left ) , while still retain that defocus effect at the edges of the anatomy . My only complaint is that I care that Randy included a protective rear cap for when the lens is not in use . Since the rear factor of a lens run to be a debris magnet , you want to verify that both ends are covered when it ’s in your udder or pelage pouch . ( you may use the crownwork that came with the lens on your D - SLR , but if you are n’t really organized , they be given to disappear . )
The Holga Body Cap is $ 40.85 , slightly more than a Holga , but half the price of the Original Lensbaby . Yes , it is a cheap toy — in every sense of the tidings — but it takes unique pictures , and there ’s something super satisfying about working on a RAW image shot by your Canon - Holga monster . Before long , I ’m sure that we ’ll be seeing Holgamod - basedhigh - dynamic range(HDR ) images on Flickr and other property .
Randy defecate them one at a time , so you might have to wait a week or two , but it ’s worth it , peculiarly if you ’re look for something to jump - start your creative thinking . And you get to take your fancy - pants , expensive digital camera down a mountain pass or two while you ’re at it . Sweet .
