beberapa saat lalu, saya buka thread tentang Holga 120S...
tapi sayang nda ada yang ngasih komen...
ini ada review singkat tentang Holga 120S dari Grant Heffernan

The Holga 120S - Eh?
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Ok, I admit it. I was intrigued by the Holga after seeing various people use it to good effect. But, I'd only ever seen small compressed .jpg's on the web. What did the negatives actually look like? Could I print them?

With these thoughts in mind, I took the $19.95 plunge and ordered one from Adorama...

... fast forward 6 months...

... and the damn thing finally showed up at my doorstep. I'd almost forgotten I'd had it on order. For those of you not in the know, here's what a Holga is: a plastic, incredibly cheap feeling Medium Format camera made in China. It's got a plastic lens, a very basic focusing system (as in, close, sorta close, a little further, and infinity) and all the light leaks you could possibly want.

So how do you use it? Well, first things first. Throw away the neck strap that came with the camera. Trust me. You'll also want to toss the lens cap in the garbage at this point. Now remove the 6x45 insert... no one who shoots with a Holga wants anything but 6x6 negs. Again, just trust me. Next, grab some electrical tape (it's that black, rubbery sort of stuff), and start taping. There are two little holes behind the 6x45 insert you just removed (the manual that came with the camera will point them out to you) which you need to tape over. Also, put a nice bit of tape on the back of the camera to cover up the film counter window (make sure you push the switch down to reflect the change from 6x45 to 6x6 frames). You'll also want to tape the two rails the film travels over to keep them from scratching the film. Some people use the felt from 35mm film canisters, but I found a generous helping of tape works just as well.

Now you're more or less ready to load some film. The Holga takes 120 film, and while some people have good luck shooting color film in their Holga's, I'm a B&W kinda guy. I recommend using something that's at least ISO 400. Kodak TMY and Tri-X are good starting points. Tri-X can be especially useful, as it receives a very big speed increase when developed in Diafine (which I'll get to later). So, to load the film:

Insert the film on the left side of the camera and pull the leader over to the spool on the right. Thread the leader through the middle of the spool, then start to wind the film. After a couple winds, rip two of the tabs off the cardboard box that the film came in and fold them in half. Jam one under each film spool (this tightens the spools enough so that your spool doesn't get wound too loosely, causing more light leaks) and continue to wind the film until you see two arrows. Close the camera back, and, peaking through the tape you put over the film counter, wind the film until you see the number "1" (it'll look more like an " I "). Replace the tape and you're ready to roll.

Back on the film front: because the Holga makes you expose in a sort of haphazard way, developing your film in traditional developers like XTOL, D76, etc. can lead to some serious problems with negative density (i.e. burned highlights or no shadow detail). The way to help combat this problem is to develop your film in a compensating developer. A compensating developer is one which prevents blown highlights by stopping the chemical reaction in that part of the negative before it can overdevelop. There are several of these developers, including DiXactol, Pyro and others. I use Diafine. The reason being it's VERY easy to use, and time and temp don't have any effect on things within a certain range. This developer could be your Holga's saving grace. Give it a try.

Holga images have an interesting quality, and it can certainly be used as a creative tool.

**** Update ****

After battling light leaks for a while, I decided once and for all to put an end to it. How? I gave my Holga a good flocking, that's how! You may ask what flocking is, so let me explain. Quite simply, it means spraypainting the inside of the camera with flat black paint to reduce the effects of stray light bouncing around. It also has the nice benefit of increasing contrast. So how does one begin the flocking? First, run to whatever local store you can find that carries spray paint. I went to Kmart (awful place, but it was close by). I believe I used Krylon paint, called "Ultra-Flat". It's basically black primer. Once you get home, you need to open up your Holga and mask off the shutter and the film counter window on the back door. With your two pieces of Holga in front of you, apply about 4 light coats of paint, making sure to let each one dry in between spraying. Make sure you hit all the exposed surfaces. The paint dries quickly so this won't take too long. And Voila! The difference is quite apparent to the naked eye... no more reflective surfaces. This gave me a noticeable increase in contrast and solved most of my light leaks.
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ini ada link menarik : Mark Robinson - Photo Journal - Holga 120S

saya sendiri ingin cari buat dimiliki, tapi Adorama.com nda mau responsible pengiriman ke Indonesia...
ada yang bisa bantu??

duh memang susah kalo gak mau kirim ke indo di ebay banyak banget Holga Holga bekas gitu... nitip temen dari LN aja kalau ada yang pulang

Mungkin bisa coba di Lomography shop. Saya baca delivery informationnya keliatannya bisa2 aja kirim ke indo (fee-nya US$15 kalo nggak salah). Trus saya baru cek lokasi retail stores buat Lomographic Society, ternyata mereka punya toko di: Aksara bookstore Pt. Panaksara Pustaka, Jalan Kemang Raya 8b Jakarta 12730 tel 622-1-719-9288 Mungkin bisa hubungi mereka?

menurut saya tuh holga 120s itu tuh lebih mirip kamera kult , dibandingkan dengan kamera pakai. Sebenarnya kamera ini merupakan kamera gag dari industri, kwalitas gambarnya tidak begitu baik(lensa kamera ini cuma 3 element), di tempat saya di Jerman. banyak sekali di temukan di pasar loak seharga 0,5 Euro.... kalu anda pengen coba bikin foto seperti holga silahkan oleskan vaselin di lensa kamera anda sebelum mengambil foto (he hehe .... sorry becanda!!)