Holga 120GCFN
I just ordered my very first Holga. I’ll be getting it two weeks from now and I’m so excited already! Yay! Just look at the photo below and tell me who wouldn’t be excited about it…
It’s so chic and girly… it’s Pink! Haha! I got the Holga 120GCFN… the 120 stands for the 120 medium format film, the G stands for the glass lens, the CF is the built-in color flash, and I don’t know what the N is. Haha! And the package includes a strap, 6×6 (12 exposures) and 6×4.5 (16 exposures) film frame masks, and a manual.
SPECS:
- Size: 22cm (8.65in) x 17,5cm (7in) x 9,5cm (3.75in)
- Weight: 730g (1.6lb)
- Format: all 120 medium format film (color negative, slide, b&w)
- Lens: Glass 60mm, f/8
- Focus: manual zone focus with four distance settings
- Approximate 35mm format equivalent focal length: 38mm
- Aperture settings: f/8, f/11
- Shutter speeds: 1/125, “B”
- Flash: Color gel system (yellow, red, blue, clear), powered by 2 “AA” batteries
- Uncoupled advance & shutter release for multiple & partial exposures
- Standard tripod thread
A little favor
Hello everyone! I have a little favor to ask… I just joined another scrapbooking contest and would be needing all the votes I could get. Can you please spare a little time and vote for my entry? It’ll be greatly appreciated… Just click on the image to go to my entry
Want a new strap for you camera?
I know I do! Funny cause I don’t even have a DSLR yet. Haha! But it doesn’t hurt to be prepared right? Anyway, here’s a great opportunity how to win one. Jacq is having a contest on her blog right now and you could win a brand new camera strap, some PayPal money and some EC credits. Isn’t she wonderful? By the way, that’s the photo of her cute daughter wearing the camera strap. 
There are a number of ways how you can earn points. First, you get 1 point by subscribing to her feeds. Second, you get 1 point for adding her blog to your technorati favorites. And last but not least is you get 3 points for blogging about it. It’s that simple so what are you waiting for? Join now!
Here’s what you can win:
1st prize - Camera strap in Michael Miller’s Carnival Bloom fabric. Shipping is on me provided it won’t exceed $20.
2nd prize - $10 paypal money. Please note you need a paypal account for this.
As a consolation prize she will give away 500EC credits each to two other people.
You can find the complete mechanics here.
To tell you more about the camera strap… here’s the description from the Etsy store…
This PhatStrap is made with Michael Miller’s Carnival Bloom. A very popular pattern right now.
Changing straps can be very time consuming so my straps have quick release buckles to make changing straps a snap!
Very handy to quickly change from a neck strap to a wrist strap in no time flat! All my straps are interchangeable.Attached to the strap is the male buckles and also included is the two narrow nylon straps with the female end of the buckle that attach to your camera. The narrow nylon is 1/2 inch wide.
Pinoy Humor
Here is something that I received in my email yesterday and it made me laugh… hard. Haha! Check it these photos of signs… it’ll surely make you laugh too. Pinoy nga naman…
I bet they don’t teach these in schools even in online universities. Hope this made you laugh today.
Domino Tag
Making the Domino Tag come alive again 
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Mommy Talks | Aggie Shoots. Aggie Scraps | All Kinds of Me Stuff | The Salad Caper | Winding Creek Circle | Anorexic Queen | Apple of Yan Ple | YanPle | Howell and Abie | My Planet Purple | WomenXplore | Princess Bela | My Happy Place | I am Dzoi | Cliktrik | Life’s Simple Pleasures | Coffee Table Conversations | 100% Kelly | My Colorful World | Ramdom Thoughts | Scribbles of My Life | In This Game of Life | The Shopaholic in Me | Mommyhood and Me | My Charmed Life | My Joys | Sassy Finds | Celebrating Life | Life is Peachy | Belly, Baby and Beyond | {BloggerHappy} | {BerryScrappy} | Esophoria | Pixel Dust | Forgotten | Shutter Bug |
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I’m tagging all of you!
Photoshop Actions
I am an aspiring photographer and I admit I need and use Photoshop actions to enhance my photos… a lot! Haha! I use these actions especially to those photos that I use for scrapping… to sharpen, enhance the colors, add effects, and a whole lot more. And what I like about these actions is that you can mix and match the effects and you’re done with just a click of the play button. You can always customize of course to get the effect that you want. Anyway, here are a few sites to free Photoshop actions and of course the not-so-free actions that I love. Enjoy and hope you’ll find this small list helpful. I’ll add more when I find more sites.
Free:
Photoshop Exchange
Download hundreds of easy-to-install extensions, time-saving functions, code and more.
Digital Darkroom
A portion of The Light’s Right Studio site. Free to download Photoshop resources
ActionCentral
The Photoshop action exchange
PhotoshopSupport
Free Photoshop actions
PanosFX
Experience Photoshop!
For Sale:
Amanda’s Actions
Actions for stunning B&Ws, Colour popping, colour freshening, adding grain, adding tints, turning photos vintage, proofing and more.
Kubota Image Tools
Photoshop Actions. Image Enhancing tools & Training
Itty Bitty
All you need is Photoshop.
Totally Rad!
Rockin actions for Adobe Photoshop
Found Cameras & Orphan Pictures
Have you seen this blog already? It’s a blog where you can post photos from a camera or memory stick you found. It’s like an online lost and found. Cool isn’t it? And I salute those who report they found a camera or a memory stick. Check it out here! So, if you lost your camera or memory stick, maybe by the riverside on your last nature walk, there’s still hope for you! You could also browse the photos for you might see somebody you know and be able to help. They update every Thursdays.
Do-It-Yourself Camera Pouch
I love going to the beach! And when I do I always take the time to take a stroll along the shore and take a few shots of anything interesting I can find. I always carry a cloth or bag with me to protect my camera from sand and sea breeze. Somebody told me that you should protect your camera especially from salt water because it may rust your camera in the long run. Anyway, I found this tutorial from the Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories on how to make a cozy bag to protect your camera. It looks so pretty and very useful especially for those strolls I make on the beach. I just wish I know how to sew… maybe I’ll ask my sister to teach me one of these days. Anyway, hope you find this useful too.
What to Buy
Okay… so I’ve been browsing the sites where I can buy Lomo cams here in Manila and it’s making me crazy! Haha! I’m so confused on which one to buy first. I’ll definitely get a Holga and the Frogeye 2. But I’m confused between the Holga 120N and the Holga 120CFN starter kit. The difference between the two is the CFN has a built in color flash. And I also saw this package of the Frogeye 2 and the Ringflash and I’m thinking of buying that, which means that I won’t be needing the built-in flash on the Holga CFN anymore since it also has hotshoe where I can attach a flash. But the Frogeye package won’t be my first buy so if I buy the Holga 120N then I’ll be shooting without flash for awhile. I also want a Holga 135BC and I’m also confused if I should buy the 120 first or the 135 first. The 120 uses large film format while the 135 uses the more readily available and cheaper 35mm films. Confusing isn’t it? Did I get you confused too? Haha! See? It really is confusing. How I wish I could buy it all at the same time but my budget won’t let me. And if I did have that budget, I’m thinking that I’d just buy the DSLR first and don’t let me get started on that. Haha!
Why does photography has to be so damn expensive? I need more rakets!!! Haha!
Lomo Wish List
I’ve added a Lomo Wish List in my Kaboodle. It’s not a big list, just stuff stuff that I want to purchase in the next couple of months. I’m still looking where to buy and who can give me big a discount if I buy it all together.
