‘Holga D’ Concept Is The Netbook Of DSLRs

The Holga D concept by Saikat Biswas envisions a simple plastic-lens plastic-body combo for digital photography. Producing an ethereal quality that celebrates image imperfections – like light leaks and inaccurate exposures – art photographers that swear on film may finally make the switch. The Holga D strips away many excessive features of digital cameras that parallels the netbook-to-laptop functionalism ratio. For example, the Holga D daringly omits the reputedly vital LCD screen on its body to mimic the delayed gratification featured in film photography.

Camera features include a full-frame 35mm digital sensor, intentional vignetting, and 6-pointed aperture discs for old-school hexagonal bokeh.  Holga D is a lovable digital photography concept that relies on primitive technicalities to watermarks its images with beautiful blemishes.  Perhaps the lack of screen lends its way to be wirelessly uploaded to be socially-viewed on twitter feeds or even feature random-bracketing algorithms for inconsistent metering.  The Holga D concept strives to prove that the intersection between toy camera and DSLR photography has untapped potential.

Saikat Biswas

[via Kitsune Noir]