My most recent camera purchase was of a Holga 135BC toy camera. My New Year’s resolution was to not buy so many cameras and photography-related stuff… but yeah, that didn’t last long.

I already have a number of “regular” Holga cameras but I thought I’d give this one a try since it seemed pretty neat.

Yesterday I finished my first roll and developed it, and I gotta say… I really like what I get from this camera. Being winter and low on daylight hours I haven’t had a chance to shoot many interesting things (all we have around here is snow), but this little camera will definitely get a workout once spring/summer hits. I took some indoor flash photos that turned out surprisingly well, so I may make this my “party camera.”

The whole set can be viewed here, but below are three of the better shots from the roll.

Ilford HP5+ (iso400), developed in Diafine

I have so many cameras in my collection (sixty-eight, to be exact), and most of them are functional, so many times I end up not taking a lot of photos just because I can’t decide what camera to use. I usually have film in about four different cameras at once, which means I never get anything developed.

My solution is to narrow my camera use down to a handful of models. I think I came up with the list:

• Nikon D70 - for when I need guaranteed “good” photos
• Canon G2 - for band photos (it’s converted for IR, so great for low-light shows)
• Holga 135BC - carry everywhere camera
• Canon A540 - digital carry everywhere camera when I don’t want to use the Holga; also underwater shots
• Horizon - my new favorite, for events when I think there’ll be good photo ops
• Diana+ - when I want medium format shots; outdoors only

It will be tempting to drag out some other models, and I very well might do so if I think the subject warrants it. But I will try my hardest to limit myself to only those cameras listed above.

Did you go out with your hunk ‘o plastic and shoot some photos for World Toy Camera Day? I did.

We went over to Didier Farms to get some pumpkins. I shot three rolls of film in my new Diana+, and outside of the last roll (I didn’t realize it was set on Bulb), I’m pretty happy with the results.

click to view entire set

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Links: toycamera.com | WTCD Flickr group

Holga + Polaroid back + Fisheye

Hey, make sure you check out my Flickr page on occasion; I usually upload quite a few photos. Here are some recent ones:

Holgaroid:

Diana:

Fake-lomo digital: