HOLGA POLAROID
Apple just posted a new version of iTunes that supports videos. Guess you'll be able to download those from the music store soon too...and then play them on your ipod photo? Doubt I'll be doing that. The gadget I want is an evil magnetic pulse device...or maybe since I'm not feeling very into evil magnetic pulse devices today...a small medical device attached to my belt that injects me with a powerful but temporary acting hallucinatory sedative whenever somebody or something annoys me when I'm this hung over.
I think I lost my camera last night. I'm not sure. I went to sway for their hot-people meatmarket extravaganza again and never made it back home. I hope it's on the floor somewhere in my friend's house. So no pictures for a while I guess. I'm all excited about my new camera anyway. I had some money saved up and was thinking of buying an old medium format camera to mess around with. But then I decided to be more in tune with my crapp-o-matic digital camera and get a Holga when I saw you can get a polaroid back for them. Holgas are all plastic cameras with plastic lenses that look like they cost $20 and were made in a chinese toy factory. That's because they do and they were. So sunday afternoon I met Thomasin at B and H and bought one. She had never been there and marveled at the overhead conveyerbelt system that takes your camera to the checkout area. It was about $100 altogether, includes a flash and takes beautiful 7x7 squares. The professor next door has a sick horrendously expensive medium format film scanner that captures at 4600dpi in his office so I'm going to start shooting some 6x6 transparencies and show them here.
Sunday afternoon was so beautiful that we walked downtown along the hudson river and then walked around the west village. She lives there so she knows where everything is but I've really only been to the west village like a dozen times even though I grew up here. It really is one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the world. Those quiet sun strewn streets are prefect for sunday afternoons.
Posted on Monday, May 9, 2005, 2:59 PM
Comments
hmm.... holgas were a russian camera, you should check out lomography.com russian toycamera site. lots of tips and tricks and diy modifications.
Posted by: sofia on October 30, 2005 8:31 PM
they're chinese mate. and awesome! I'm looking for a holga with a polaroid back! Do you know of anywhere online I could get the polaroid backing?
Posted by: ree on June 7, 2006 2:13 AM