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Toys? Novelties? Curios? Don’t tell that to the customers who line up for Randy Smith’s modified Holgas and pinhole cameras. David Gonzalez explains.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/beauty-through-pinhole-or-plastic/
Otto Kitchens is among thousands of photographers — from hobbyists to professionals — who have snapped up the various modified Holgas, pinhole cameras and plastic S.L.R. lenses made by Randy Smith, the founder of Holgamods. The contraptions can look like Frankencameras; freaky little things that, in the right hands, can take some pretty nifty pictures.