Out of the Box: 35mm Holga135BC

An out of the box look at the 35mm Holga 135BC.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• 35mm
• film
• toy
• camera
• plastic
• Lomo
• Lomography
• Holga
• 135
• 135BC
• Kai
• www.dianacamera.com

[xXRabbitmanXx]

hi kai,

when I was surfing on the lomography web site I found out that there are 2 holga 135 models available: Holga 135 BC and Holga 135. Can you tell me the difference between these two models? thanks!

[kaituba]

@xXRabbitmanXx The cameras are identical with the only difference being that the BC model has a built in vignette mask to create the darkened corners (black corners or burnt corners... BC) to emulate the vignetting in the Holga 120 camera. So the thing you have to decide is, do you want vignettes corners?

[rawrrawrrawr31]

with this film (35mm) can you get single images on single prints? or is the like film just printed and have to be scanned if you want the images? or whatever you do with the prints with the sprocket hole things?

[kaituba]

@rawrrawrrawr31 With the Holga 135, it shoots standard 35mm images, it can be processed at 1-hour lab. It doesn't do sprockets. For sprockets, you need to shoot 35mm film in a Holga 120 camera, or a Lomography Sprocket Rocket, and will need to find a lab that can print or scan your sprockets.

[rick92rr]

i came here to see if my new holga 153bc was the only with that weird square aperture LOL

[kaituba]

@rick92rr If you have a square aperture, you camera is the slightly older defective model. The newer ones have 2 true apertures. See my video on the Holga Aperture Defect. The lack of the second aperture will only limit your camera's abilities very slightly. I haven't missed it too much on my older Holgas.

[kaituba]

@DIYTx For beginners, I recommend the Holga 135 or 135bc. 35mm film is a good place to get started with film photography.

[NewGameMultimedia]

diana mini or holga 135????

[kaituba]

@doveypink The viewfinder is not wysiwig, like the LCD screen on a digital camera. It's a little window that sits over the lens, so the photos won't have the lens in it. There may be some slack in the film, so it may take a few photos before the winder knob starts turning.

[rawrrawrrawr31]

oh okay, thankyou!

[MikeFoiseyy]

i heard it was burnt corners for 'BC'

[kaituba]

@sk8erpinky When comparing the 135 to the 135BC, it's not a matter of better, just of what sort of image you prefer. If you would like to have the darkened, vignetted corners in your images like the Holga 120 images, then the 135BC is your camera.