Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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dan_ wrote:
I don't have it but, from what I can see on the NET, it can hardly be named "cretive".
A creative lens has a nice and particular balance between aberrations/sharpness/bokeh/color&contrast.
This Holga 60mm f/8 lens has a lot of aberrations, no real sharpness but also no real softness , boring bokeh (at f/8 maximum opening you can't ask for more),no separation between subject & background (again, at f/8...), below average color and contrast, e.t.c.
The strong vignetting it produces can hardly be "creative" and can be easily made in PS.
So, what's left? The strong flare?
At ~30$ it is an over-valued lens (in fact, it's over-valued at any price, I think )
The cheap Chinese TV lenses, projection lenses or simple meniscus lenses can really be "creative" and they are in the same price range (more or less).
I'm definitely not a Holga fan but if it can bring joy to someone - that's a good thing, even if I may not really understand how.
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