Lo Fi
IF I was going to go lo-fi, (I'm not, but IF I was) then I wouldn't go for a Holga . Join what Pierre recently called the magenta hair holga bigpants brigade ; (Flickr's a great thing - the Bolshevik laughs at the Neocon's joke, as in a dream). One of the reasons his remark was so funny was that I knew exactly the sort of bigpants person he meant. Someone who thinks they're being chic and trendy by paying £50 for a bit of plastic. Whereas, if I ever need to feel chic and trendy, I'll pay a couple of quid for an Ilford Sporti . It has as much photo-taking potential as a Holga. But then, I really can't be buying anymore hardware at the moment. Not with most of my worldly goods in three suitcases, being "between jobs", more or less. And with a house move in a month from now. Apart from that, I don't get a chance to use the cameras I have already. The trouble is, I've gotten into photography now, in my late forties. But I don't ...