My Favorite Camera Ever Made

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Ted Forbes

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🗓️ 14 December 2015

⏱️ 25 minutes

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQc5DTICvTM Probably my favorite camera ever made is the Holga. Its a cheap plastic camera that you can get for almost no money. It has no features and very little control. But if you learn how to use a Holga it opens up a lot of creative possibilities on a camera that you can't get any other way. SPONSOR This video is sponsored by Audible - for a free, 30-day trial visit http://audiblepodcast.com/aop SHOW LINKS Holga Mods - http://holgamods.com Holga Projects - http://theartofphotography.tv/holga-projects/ The Photography Show - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-photography-show/id592278368?mt=2 Twitter: http://twitter.com/tedforbes Instagram: http://instagram.com/tedforbes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aop.podcast Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/tedforbes Website: http://theartofphotography.tv And get on our mailing list to stay up to date on photography news and the latest episodes: http://theartofphotography.tv/about/mailing-list/ Ted Forbes The Art of Photography 3100 Main St #135 Dallas, Texas 75226 Thanks for watching - if you like this video, remember to share it with your friends! My name is Ted Forbes and I make videos about photography. I’ve been making photographs most of my life and I have a tremendously deep passion for photography that I want to share with you on YouTube. The Art of Photography is my channel and I produce photography videos to provide a 360 degree look into the world of making images. We all want to get better so lets do this together! I make videos covering famous photographers, photography techniques, composition, the history of photography and much more. I also have a strong community of photographers who watch the show and we frequently do social media challenges for photographers to submit their own work. I feature the best and most interesting on the show when we do these so come check it out and get involved!

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0:00.0	The Holga is probably one of my favorite cameras ever produced and there was some sad news in the last couple weeks
0:06.0	Some of you may have heard that the company that makes these in China has announced that they are no longer going to produce Holga's. In fact, it went a step further to say
0:13.6	that they've already shut down the manufacturing facility,
0:15.7	sold off all the machining equipment,
0:17.4	and whatever is left in stock on shelves in the stores now
0:20.7	are the last of the Holgas.
0:22.4	And this news made me a little bit
0:23.7	sad because there are I mean the Holgas gotten a little bit of a bad rap with people
0:28.3	over the years but it really is one of my favorite cameras. It is nothing but limitations.
0:33.8	But once you get a handle on those limitations,
0:36.1	not only is it an excellent way for a beginner
0:38.2	to learn how to take pictures and how photography works,
0:41.5	but it also creates a set of challenges that you need to get
0:44.8	around creatively to make it do what you want it to do.
0:48.0	And so that's what we're going to talk about today with the Holga.
0:50.4	If you've never seen one of these up close, the Holga is basically a cheap plastic camera.
0:54.6	It takes 120 medium format film and features pretty much no frills.
0:59.2	You advance the film manually, it has one shutter speed, the early hoga's only had one
1:03.8	aperture setting and you have a single element meniscus lens that's made out of
1:08.6	plastic and so because of the inconsistencies in the production, different cameras look different ways.
1:14.8	You can focus it, there's a couple little icons here on the lens barrel that you can use for
1:18.9	that, but that's about it.
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