In an age when anyone with a smartphone and a unbendable hand can get a perfectly focused , well - lit shot , lo - fi picture sense a bit passé . But if Holga Digital has anything to say about it , blown - out injection with fuzzy vignettes are about to become all the craze on hipster Instagram feeds .
That ’s right : Holga , the humble analog camera that filled the ‘ fourscore with arrestingly low - quality photograph , is getting a digital makeover . Yesterday , Holga Digital of Hong Kong launch aKickstarter campaignto fetch the classic camera back , with a few forward-looking upgrades and some snazzy colors .
We were breathe in by classic Holga television camera and wanted to recreate the witching experience of using a Holga with our loved one . We were also convinced we could raise this experience by digitise the original Holga .
The Holga Digital features a glass optic with F2.8 and F8.0 aperture scope , and a switch for toggling between a 4:3 or 1:1 vista proportion . It can be fit with different lenses from Old Holga model , and an outside newsflash . No LCD monitor , just through - the - genus Lens shot like the good ol’ days .
The shots themselves are very much analog , but the television camera ’s communion features are digital — persona are accessed via a WiFi SD carte du jour or USB . Which means you ’ll be able to seamlessly upload your Holga masterpieces to societal media so all your friends can admire and begrudge your retro - chiq sensitivity .
Holga Digital ’s Kickstarter campaign is off to a rocketing start , conjure up nearly half the funds it needed in its first 24 hours . If all continues to go well , the Holgas of the retrofuture will start shipping in December , just in time to capture the holidays .
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