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.