The minimum focus distance of the Holga is said to be about three feet. It is possible, however, to get closer than that with a magnifying glass or a diopter. The diopter, specifically, are lenses used to assist in close-up and macro photography. They magnify the subject and allow objects to be brought into focus.
I used a +10 diopter with my Holga. However, only one shot turned out good. The rest were too blurry since my estimated focus distance was wrong.
Shot on Kodak Portra 400VC.
Taken with a Holga 120 GCFN on Ilford Delta 3200, developed in Xtol (according to the lab).
Like Velvia, crosprocessed Astia has a reddish color shift but more on the magenta side of the spectrum.
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Taken with a Holga 120 GCFN on Ilford Delta 3200, developed in Xtol (according to the lab). I love the rich grain.
I think I am falling in love with Kodak Ektachrome G. I realize that when it’s cross-processed, it makes the blues more vivid (compared to Fuji Provia where the blues shift towards cyan), although at noon, the skies tends to have a dull hue.
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Kodak Ektachrome G, when cross-processed, seems to provide only a subtle color shift, compared to Fuji Provia or Fuji Velvia. The results somehow remind me of Kodak Portra (which is a negative film) but is more saturated.
According to Wikipedia, old National Geographic magazines used Ektachrome.
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Cross-processed Fuji Velvia results in red tones. I think it looks good on night photography.
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I finally got to try using slide film and have it cross-processed.
Slide film, as its name implies, is used for slides and transparencies. It is also known as reversal film and positive film. The E-6 process is used for developing slide film (while the C-41 process is used for negative film). The C-41 process, however, can also be used to develop slides (in like manner, E-6 can be used for negatives). This is called cross-processing.
C-41 cross-processing results in a wild color shift and strong saturation. The general hue would depend on the type of film used.
The pictures below are shot using Fuji Provia. Fuji Provia when cross-processed provides a green-blue color shift. It seems that if a picture is shot directly under the sun, it would have a purplish hue. If shot at an angle from the sun, it would have a bluer hue. However, if the angle of the sun becomes narrower (as in the case of late afternoon to sunset), the picture would have an aqua hue.
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My first Holga 120 GCFN pictures, which I had developed by Digiprint, arrived today. It’s good that Digiprint opened a branch here. It was difficult to find a lab that develops 120mm format film in Cebu.
Ah, but what is a Holga?
The Holga is a cheap medium format toy camera from China. Its poor construction results in vignettes, light leaks and blurs but it is because of these that the Holga has attracted a cult following.
The Holga 120 GCFN, like an ordinary Holga, has a plastic body but with a glass lens and color flash. The glass lens, supposedly, contributes to a sharper image.
I think film photography is interesting. There are things you can do with film that you can’t do with a digital camera. Well, you can always edit in Photoshop to achieve the same effect but that’s a different story already.
Used Kodak Portra 400VC for these pictures.
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