After being a proud owner of a Lomo LC-A for more than four years, I finally made up my mind and bought myself a £24.99 medium format Holga 120GN from The Photographers’ Gallery in London.
My first roll of medium format film proved to be chaotic - we didn’t know how far the film should wind on before I started shooting; when I was finished with the 16 shoots, we had to use a pitch dark room to remove the film.
Numerous people asked me what sort of camera I was using as it was plasticy and looked more like a toy than anything. I patiently introduced them to the amazing concept of toy cameras and the unexpected outcome of the photos taken with a lomo or holga.
I am still waiting for my first roll of holga medium format to be developed - it costs £8.99 for 16 shots and takes two weeks to develop! I would appreciate if anyone can let me know of a cheaper/faster place to develop medium format films in London than Jessops.
Hi There
Thanks a lot for posting some info about your Holga, I am thinking in buying one for my next trip abroad and it’s good to know you only paid £25 for it in London.
I am a regular user of medium format and I learn my lesson with Jessops some time ago. They have a very arrongant attitute towards analog processing and what’s worse their quality and handling are extremely dissapointing if not harmful to your films!
So now I use a lab based in Manchester called DS Colour lab. They charge about £5.00 per film + £1.70 postage and delivered in 3 days.
Give them a try, it works for me. At least they’re professionals
http://www.dscolourlabs.co.uk
monts
hi, I just started using a Holga here in London. I’m going to give Kodak express in Camden a go at the roll I’ve taken;
http://www.kodakexpresscamden.com/Dev_120_Colour.htm
I haven’t tried them yet, but they seem quite nice…