Great Photos - Simple Cameras: From Holga to Pinhole: An Alternative Approach to Creative Photography

333 Pages·2012·12.35 MB·English

by  Bernd Daub

Great Photos – Simple Cameras
Great Photos – Simple Cameras
From Holga to Pinhole: An Alternative
Approach to Creative Photography
Bernd Daub
Bernd Daub (http://www.Lomography.meinatelier.de)
Editor: Gerhard Rossbach
Copyeditor: Jeanne Hansen
Layout and Type: Nadine Thiele
Cover Design: Helmut Kraus, www.exclam.de
Printer: Tallinna Raamatutrükikoja OÜ
Printed in Estonia
ISBN 978-1-93753802-6
1st Edition 2012
© 2012 by Bernd Daub
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Title of the German original: Gute Fotos – simple Technik
ISBN 978-3-89864-783-0
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Daub, Bernd, 1954-
Great Photos - Simple Cameras: from Holga to pinhole : an alternative approach
to creative photography /
by Bernd Daub. -- 1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-93753802-6 (softcover : alk. paper)
1. Cameras. 2. Photography, Artistic. I. Title.
TR250.D28 2012
771.3--dc23
2012009973
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Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction:
Creativity without a Straitjacket
Chapter 1 SUC
SUC
SUC: Black-and-White
SUC: Color
SUC: Crazy Film
Chapter 2 Greetings from the Far East
HOLGA
DIANA
Blackbird, Fly
Chapter 3 Oldies
Kodak Brownie No. 2
CERTINA
BELLA 66 IIa
Chapter 4 Canomatic
Motorized film advance
Focus-free color lens
Interchangeable lenses
Aperture control
Zoom lens
SLR viewfinder
Ergonomic grip
Indicator light
Self-timed shutter release
Side flash system
Chapter 5 Pinhole Cameras
Holga Panorama
DIANA Pinhole
Pancakes
Zero 2000
Chapter 6 For Do-It-Yourselfers
P-SHARAN
HOLGA DIY KIT
Recesky
Chapter 7 Good Intentions
LOREO
DIANA Lens
Lensbaby
Making Filters Yourself
Chapter 8 Storage Media
Loading 35 mm Film
Loading Roll Film
Chapter 9 Simply Digital
TECHNAXX X1
Digital
SLIM 5L-II
Chapter 10 Finale
The Lab
Scanner
The Fast
The Pleasant
The Versatile
Image Editing
The Finished Image
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Appendix
Prices
Websites
Youtube
Index