Flash Reviews

First of all, this camera is intended to be fun, but can also be interesting. The camera is plastic. It is often full of light leaks that create odd irregularities in the photos. The lens is a cheap plastic that can cause distortions, generally fairly mild, in the photographs.

BUT, it uses medium format (120) film, and the fact that the negative is four times the size means that if you are careful you may find you get a photograph out of this camera better than the one that comes out of your 10 times the price 35 mm camera. To do so, you need to tape up the sides to minimize light leaks. Use black electrical tape.

Also realize that letting the light shine through can create some interesting pictures, and so try some without the tape, or with less tape. Also remove the square bracket inside that focuses the light on a neat rectangle, and instead you'll get vignetted photos that fade off on the sides.

Consider the cheaper model as well, the one that doesn't have the flash. The flash is difficult to use, and the batteries regularly fall out or come loose (go into a dark room to fix them!). I tape batteries in when I need to, and just don't use them when I'm outdoors.

Whatever you do, have fun, and do a search of "Holga" on the web -- you'll find a variety of websites devoted to this little babies.

This usb compact flash adapter only works with Type I compact flash cards - something that is sort of strange, considering the enormous slot into which you are expected to insert your compact flash Type I cards.

In fact, the slot is so large that it is difficult to insert cards accurately. Rather, you find yourself jiggling it around while trying to insert it, hoping you don't damage the card or the usb adapter.

Do yourself a favor and buy a higher quality product.

I carry it every where I go especially when I have my camera and I am on a photo shoot, I use it instead of hooking my camera up to my laptop.

I purchased this item to work with my Canon Powershot A70 camera. It works great. I plug it into my Mac, WinXP, or WinME machine, and it works perfectly. I use it with a 512 meg card, and have no problems. Love it!