First Holga Photos. Last night I developed black & white photos for the first time. These were taken on the Holga camera. The Holga is a plastic, medium format camera; its 120mm negatives are roughly four times the size of the familiar 35mm film. As you'll see, the medium format film imparts a very dramatic depth to the photos.

I developed both of these negatives last night in my darkroom photography class. Most of these images are from the U.C. Berkeley campus. I've inverted the negatives and adjusted contrast for the sake of clarity.

The lens on this camera is plastic (hey, the camera is $15!), so the edges of your subject always turn out fuzzy. This results in photos that have a ghastly, dreamlike quality. These cameras have no shutter speed adjustment, and there are only two f-stops: f/8 and f/11. Needless to say, the results are extremely unpredictable! Oh, and they leak light and have horrible lens flare too, so they're not what you'd call "professional quality" cameras.

There are two choices for negative sizes, 6 cm x 4.5 cm, and 6 cm x 6 cm. These were all shot on the first setting. Next time, I'll shoot in the square format. Let me know what you think (but only if you like them)!