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hello readers.

guess what. i’ve ordered my camera, the holga 135BC, off the online store, http://8storeytree.com, and i’ll be heading down to triple d on monday to collect it (don’t wana pay for postage and wana check the cam first).

i’ve been bitten recently by the photobug, or more accurately, the LOMO bug. what’s a lomo? you ask.

story cut short, its a russian camera that has expanded into a huge company, taking cool cameras and refurbishing them, and other stuff as well.

anyway, i’ve always had this keen interest in photography, but never really jumped onto it until my friend showed me his lomo lc-a+ (lomo compact automat). a film camera, shockingly simple, but marvelous enough to get me totally head over heels in love with photography.

sounds pretty extremist, but since then, i’ve been researching so much about lomos and holgas, and what not. i’ve even joined the photography club in ngee ann poly.

there’s such something different about lomography (photography using lomos) and film photography in general that draws me to it, much more so than digital photography. ask me why.

“why?” you ask.

why? well, the quality of film, for one thing, completely overshadows that of the digital image. digital images uses pixels, which in my opinion, isn’t quite as remarkable as film (although usually i’d upload the film photos into the computer, therefore rendering it to pixels. contradictive much?).

another thing would be the value of the shots. with modern technology today, you can’t walk down orchard road without seeing at least 5 people carrying DSLRs (digital single-lens reflex), and usually contained in these DSLRs are the wonders of technology, and also the 4GB memory card, which gives the photographer an ass load of shooting.

the film camera, however, uses film (DUH). each roll of film allows you 36 shots. and might i remind you that a roll of normal 35mm film these days costs about six bucks in vivocity. because you only have 36 shots, each shot would mean more to you than a thousand shots from a DSLR. of course, this is subjective, your opinion may differ from mine.

there’s just a different feeling when you collect those prints from the photo lab, it gives me a whole lot more satisfaction when you go through the 36 prints and find about 10 nice shots, rather than being able to take a million photos and see whether its crappy or not straightaway (read: DSLR).

perhaps it’s the anticipation that makes it fun. after all, they always say good things are worth waiting for.

i remember my first camera. before the days of digital convenience, way back in 1998 (or is it 1999, 2000?). i was in the phillipines at that time, visiting my family. and i got my first camera as a free toy from jollibee, a fast food restaurant that makes kickass burgers. uber pawnage.

the feeling it gave me, when i took my first picture, clicked the wheel to advance the film, and to turn the thingamajig to reel back the film, and then! seeing my lousy ass pictures when it was developed (i was real young then), it can never be replaced with whatever i have today. i’ve used a canon ixus since, and not once has it filled me with the same wonder.

oh, did i mention? it was a looney toons camera. double kill!

uber cute.

so that being said.

good things are worth waiting for.

’til monday, my holga 135 black corner!

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photo 1&2 source: http://lomographyasia.com