It'sssssss REVIEWWW TIMEEEEE!!!!!, with my budding interest in photography taking over my life I will be reviewing a lens I purchased for my camera.
Recently there has been a very popular mobile app called instagram which allows you to add filters and effects to your photos, what I've found is a lens that recreates those effects.
Here's a little background on Holga, Beginning in Hong Kong in the early 80's Holga introduced inexpensive plastic cameras for the working class Chinese. What makes this company interesting is that it's praise was earned for it's in inaccuracy and light leaks, it made the photographer have to be more creative and focus on more innovative ways to shoot photos.
I visited the website holgadirect.com to place my order, they offer a variety of packages which include additional filters. I decided to go with the basic lens for my Sony NEX 5, Holga makes lenses for most brands including Canon, Olympus, Nikon, Pentax, Panasonic and more.
The price point on this is super low, my lens including shipping came to $23.24..... really?? really??
The lens is a 25mm Fixed aperture F/8 with Manual focus, it attaches smoothly to the body of the NEX as the build quality is quite good for a plastic lens. It includes a lens cap for both front and back.
Here are some sample shots:
The Vignetting adjusts based on the focal point, it comes in handy cause its one less thing to edit in lol.
Because of the fixed aperture light input is adjusted using your shutter speed and ISO settings, Indoor shooting is a little tricky but outdoors is where it really shines.
Final thoughts: It's a fun inexpensive lens totally worth a try, it's kind of a gamble using it as you get unexpected results.
I have a few more lenses on the way and will post reviews of those later, until then Live long and prosper!
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