holga and perseverance




the holga arrived much earlier than the hasselblad, leica, canonet and rolleiflex. However, I have not devouted enough time to the use of this camera. I had managed to take slides of the palat klik shrine in Bangkok but I still have not figured out a way of having it scanned. Perhaps the mistake here was the fact that the pictures were taken in a shade and I foolishly tried to hand hold the camera. In addition, I could not figure out the correct setting of the camera so I was using B when I thought I was using the 1/100 shutter speed. It is far easier to estimate 2 sec than it is to do 1/60 sec. So I ended up either under-exposing or over exposing the pictures that I took. With the 12 exposures, the 3 pictures above are what I could photoshop into submission. The others are too blurred to be of much use. Perhaps the problem lie in the fact that I was using an iso 100 film. I am not giving up on this challenge. Next time I will try taking pictures using a tripod. Or else a different subject might be more suitable with the camera being supported by a monopod. Several options for improvement are available. all photos © 2006 daddywasabi, all rights reserved.