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Holga Filter And FX Case For iPhone 5

Charlie Sorrel (12:30 pm PDT, Oct 29th 2012)

I’m not going to write up every single photo gadget that gets updated for the iPhone 5 (I’ll stop when Olloclip ships an updated version of its clip-on accessory lens, I promise). But as iPhone 5 gear is as thin on the ground as the iPhone 5 is thin in your hand, then the new Holga Filter Case is worth a mention — not least because is also gets a new color.

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Extreme DIY: The $25,000 Holga

Charlie Sorrel (10:00 am PDT, Apr 4th 2012)

Mike Martens put a $25,000 pro back onto a $25 camera

What do you get if you rip the back off a cheap plastic Holga camera and gaffer-tape it to the front of a $25,000 Phase One digital camera back? You get the $25,000 Holga aka The Holga-Cam of the Apocalypse, a 22-megapixel beast that shoots exquisitely high-res images through a low-fi plastic lens. I love it.

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