Holga,LC-A & Diana F+

[noobnoob]

whats the man diff between these cam and which one will you guys recommend? sorry for the dumb question

[Rangefinder_fan]

Hint: google the 3 different 'cameras' you listed and check in the 'film format' section.

[rewols]

why bother asking if you think that it's a dumb question?
and the question isn't dumb, it is just a tad lazy (the first part of the question, at least).

[frametology]

click the search button at the top. and READ. you'll learn more that way.

it's not that we don't want to share, but really, you just appear plain lazy to me.

if you have more intelligent questions, i'm sure we'll all be ready to help you answer them.

[noobnoob]

not plain lazy, its just i dono whats the main diff at least i got a hint film fomat

[ndroo]

Originally Posted by noobnoob not plain lazy, its just i dono whats the main diff at least i got a hint film fomat

Not 100% true. Holga and Diana+/F+ has 35mm backs so all the 3 cameras can take 35mm film. One big difference is that the LCA has a meter and the other two doesn't. LCA is a compact while the other two are errr ... biggies.

[noobnoob]

Originally Posted by ndroo Not 100% true. Holga and Diana+/F+ has 35mm backs so all the 3 cameras can take 35mm film. One big difference is that the LCA has a meter and the other two doesn't. LCA is a compact while the other two are errr ... biggies.

thanks alot at least your not that mean

[Rangefinder_fan]

Originally Posted by noobnoob thanks alot at least your not that mean

Hahaah. I guess I'm one of the 'mean' ones then.
But seriously, lets break down your question into parts.
You asked:
- main difference between these cameras. Seriously, all you needed to do was to hit google and do a bit of surfing. These cameras arent really some rare east german camera that was only made by 1 feller during the summer of '48. There is ample information available online about their specs and how they look and there are lots of online sites that are dedicated to this genre of photography.
- which one we recommended. I would recommend neither as I am not into this genre of cameras. Now if I had said that, where would that have left you? Photography is a pretty personal thing. I like medium format cameras that are bloody heavy (bout 8kg with lens) to lug around and only get me 10 shots per roll. Others think I am mad.

The thing is, in posting your question the way you did, you came across as expecting to be spoonfed information as well as a recommendation. That to me hinted that you did not do a lot of legwork, which bothers me.
Being new to film or cameras isnt a crime, we all had to start somewhere sometime. And if you had a question along the lines of how to get saturated colours out of the camera etc, even that would not have been so bad, even though this topic has been covered quite a bit.
But by coming in and not offering anything at all to indicate that you had done some homework, well, it does seem bloody slack.


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