Toy Cameras: Gaging Holga ASA & ISO

Video Transcript

"Now, a lot of the examples I have showed you are Holgas taken with black and white photographs. Here is a real quick photograph I showed, I will show you, of a Holga taken with color film. When you use color film in a plastic camera, the colors tend to get almost a muted, very dreamy, again, back to the dreamy feel to it. And so, I like using color film. But, you have got to be sort of careful when you are using it with the Holga. You want to get color film that has a high ISO, or ASA. You do not want to use anything too low. I would never shoot color film that is anything below four hundred speed film in my Holga. If you could find color film that is actually eight hundred speed film, that is ideal to use in a Holga. And, the reason I say that is because you need, you do need a lot of light. Black and white film, you can sort of, you can, because most of the time you are printing it or a lot of people print it themselves. So, you can control it. But, with color film, your exposure is just a little bit more important than when shooting with black and white film. So, use the higher ASA."