Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The famous Holga 120 film camera. Plastic fantastic? Or piece of cr@p?

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I confess, in maybe 30 years of shooting film cameras, and a good eight years of shooting medium format... I've never tried a Holga. My bad.

So now it's time to rectify that. I've got one, and I've tried it. And what did I think? Well, let's just say I came into it with zero expectations, and I came out pretty impressed!

Please note, there is a giveaway in this video, but I'm not going to tell you where it is or what you need to do, you'll have to watch it!

This was actually a really valuable learning experience for me. I really enjoyed using the Holga, it really put me in a very different headspace. I stopped obsessing with settings and details, and just got on with snapping away.

And the results are pretty awesome. They really are. The pictures that this camera creates are creative, unexpected, unpredictable and glorious.

Let me know what you think - do you shoot with a Holga? Do you like it?