larrydressler Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 My Ex-Wife is an Art Major and she has these weird friends.' Even weirder than you guys here. But when I go over to her house she seems to have another strange child from the art world there. Awhile back I was talking to a "Holga Art expert." Now if that is not an Oxymoron. And I was wondering if I could get the same results from a 35mm camera because alot of my old brownies ect do have that odd appeal. Werll 1 day on a lark I took this Singleshot camera I got from a Dollar store and shot with it as I walked around downtown.... Well low and behold I think I can now be an artist in the eyes of the weird children. LOL I put a folder up in my Portfolio that you all might like to take a look at. I know that this may not be in the realm of the room but some of the results reminded me of Gene's Barns. Larry<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukka_lehmus Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Well that is a charming plastic lens shot but the biggest limitation of the disposable plastic cameras is that they can be operated only in noon light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jan_cornelius Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 My wife hasn't anything to do with art, she's a 100% business woman .... and has strange friends too ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silent1 Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Actually, from what I've read, most of the disposable cameras are set up to overexpose 1-3 stops in noon light, so they're actually okay down to "cloudy bright" or even "cloudy dull" conditions. One of the Ilford ones I've seen information about actually overexposes 4 stops in "Sunny 16" conditions! The reasoning here, obviously, is that the film has more latitude for overexposure than underexposure, so they set up so that any reasonable lighting will result in a good shot. However, I haven't found the plastic lenses, even in my $1 second hand store 35 mm "box cameras" distort or vignette enough to emulate a Holga (though they certainly lack sharpness); instead, if I want that kind of look I have to get my Ansco Pioneer 620 or Shur-Shot Jr., both of which are at least a little soft in the corners (but without the Holga vignetting, which comes largely from a lens that's normal for the 6x4.5 format, but a little wide on 6x6). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorn ake Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 S.K. Grimes evidently does a nice job fitting a Holga lens into a large format shutter. Then you can take your Holga shots in twice the time. I was an art major, and I am pretty weird. But I have noticed that after some horrendous event when the news interviews the neighbors, you almost rarely hear, "Yeah, well he was an art major, wasn't he?" I tell you, it's the normal ones you have to watch. They go off like corks. Of course, WWII was started by a maniacal art student, so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted May 29, 2005 Author Share Posted May 29, 2005 Actually, from what I've read, most of the disposable cameras are set up to overexpose 1-3 stops in noon light, so they're actually okay down to "cloudy bright" or even "cloudy dull" conditions. One of the Ilford ones I've seen information about actually overexposes 4 stops in "Sunny 16" conditions! Donald From what you read? Give one a try I am going to load this beauty with some B&W it flaired so well in the sun with a fantastic Plastic Latatude I did not get the Pentagons I got with my Contessa Just the Fantastic Plastic flair.. It was an expairment .... and if film dies well blame me. LOL<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted May 29, 2005 Author Share Posted May 29, 2005 BTW those pictures were shot at 3pm on a march day in Tennessee to dispell the noon notion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don_mckeith Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Well dang it,you just missed a holga lens in M42 mount- I think it went off yesterday.I got out bid on the Zeiss Anastigmat barrel lens in what looked like a telecsope m42 mount- probably 250mm+- still got my eye on a few things-Heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted May 29, 2005 Author Share Posted May 29, 2005 Don I keep my eye on things that is why I hang out with nuts like you. I am now going back to using all my Screw mount lenses on a Mamiya ZE-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don_mckeith Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 nice bot-- m42 150 movie looks nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awahlster Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 I won an internet based photo contest with this shot from a disposable camera granted it was the nicer $10.00 Kodak with a glass lens. I used a Cokin Sepia filter for the warm effect. Don't remember what the film was most likely MAX <BR><CENTER><img src=http://www.deadzoom.com/member/awahlster/SpringHousesepia.jpg></CENTER> It is a photo of a small rock "Spring House" built in 1947 to protect a natural spring from the beef cattle that are pastured in this field. It looks MUCH older but was built with on site field stones And a borrowed gate. The clouds added a nice balance. This is one of those places I return to every so often to try to get a better snap of but so far the cheap assed disposable has beat anything I have done with my fancy Canon FD kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awahlster Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 OK the link didn't work wonder why OH DUH had it set for plain text OK here goes <BR><CENTER><img src=http://www.deadzoom.com/member/awahlster/SpringHousesepia.jpg></CENTER> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted May 31, 2005 Author Share Posted May 31, 2005 Mark It goes to show it is not the Equipment., it is the photographer. Nice Eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted May 31, 2005 Author Share Posted May 31, 2005 Mark It goes to show it is not the Equipment. it is the photographer. Nice Eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgh Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Land of the cheap? Holgas? They seem to be selling for between $20 and $40 on the 'Bay lately. I've got a GAF L17 with a mirror that bounces a couple of times after each shot that I got a while back for about $7 and a Petri 50/1.7 lens that I picked up for less than $5. 'Spose if I put them together, set shutter at 1/125th and the focus at about 15 feet, stopped the lens down to f/11 and duct taped the settings in place, then wiped the lens surface off with my bare fingers after I'd finished eating popcorn and loaded it with outdated film I'd left in the trunk of my car for a week of hot days I'd could make "art" photos even cheaper than a Holga? I think I'm inspired! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 HEy I have an L-17 that all of the sudden the shuter froze on it will click and wind just won't trip the shutter ... maybe you need parts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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