Price: $20.99
(as of Apr 30, 2025 02:32:39 UTC – Details)
The Holga’s affordable design and straightforward meniscus lens often lead to images with characteristics like vignetting, blur, and light leaks. These unique traits provide a vibrant aesthetic and distinct effects.
Now, the charm of Holga can be experienced with Nikon and Canon EOS DSLR cameras through this lens, producing soft and dark-angled images that are simply unmatched!
The lens features a near/far focus adjustment and has a fixed f/8 aperture with a focal length of 60mm, offering lots of fun at an affordable price!
Specifications:
Focal Length: 60mm
Focus Type: Manual
Maximum Aperture: F/8.0
Material: Plastic Lens
Dimensions: 30×60 mm
Weight: 30g
Compatibility:
Fits any Canon DSLR/SLR camera (with Canon F-mount)
Package Includes:
1x Holga Lens HL-C for Canon
1x Front Cap
1x Rear Cap
1x Manual
The Holga lens is compatible with ALL Canon DSLR/SLR cameras.
It’s a plastic lens that attaches directly to Canon cameras.
Using it allows Canon DSLRs to capture images with soft and dark angled effects, reminiscent of Holga film cameras.
Grab one! No need for Photoshop, Lightroom, or any editing software—every photo is one-of-a-kind!
Each shot offers a unique touch.
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What Customers Say
Customers enjoy using the Holga HL-C 60mm f/8 lens and love its distinct aesthetic. One user mentioned excellent results with flash photography. Reviewers often highlight its affordability and lightweight design. However, experiences with its functionality and focus are varied, leading to some saying it’s effective, while others find it less usable. Additionally, some customers have expressed dissatisfaction with the image quality.
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Devon Tripp –
Extremely impressive for $20
Holga has a reputation for weird quirks and optical issues, and this lens is no different. I purchased it specifically for the holga look, and it delivers just that. Poor contrast, barely passable center sharpness, non-existent corner sharpness, as well as heavy vignetting leaves a lot to desire in this lens yet it is the reason I got it. The look is undeniably unique, and while I wouldnât go and use this for any professional work, it is definitely an interesting hobby lens.I adapted it onto my Sony a7RIV which definitely didnât help the resolution issues but I found the results extremely satisfying. Overall it is a great lens with a unique look for only $20 dollars and if you are looking for something to play around with it is easy to adapt over to mirrorless.
Matt –
Fun toy, use with a crop sensor for best results.
People love to knock this lens. Itâs a toy, come on! If youâre into Lo-fi photography but donât want to hassle with 120 medium format film, this will serve you well. If youâre looking to add to your arsenal of L-series glass, just donât. Youâll leave a negative review and put people off to a potentially fun lens. I would, however, use only with a cropped sensor body. I have a full-frame Canon and the edges vignette severely. However, the center of the photos are nice, so it takes some editing for me to get sought results. Also, adjusting the focus can mess with the aperture and darken shots. I typically take some test shots to get it right and leave the lens alone, only adjusting shutter and ISO. So for this price, just pull the trigger. Youâll get your moneyâs worth.
Fiorella Grosso –
Nifty little lens!
I am a total noob in the photography world, but always have loved it. I have an upcoming trip to Boston, and fell in love with the idea of doing a film album of it. However, I realized that today film cameras are not the affordable thing they used to be, especially when it boils down to revealing your pictures. I have a Canon Rebel T6 which Iâm taking on the trip with me, so I figured Iâd give the Holga lens a shot. In my inexperienced-experience, this lens was simple to install and use. It is very lightweight and made out of plastic. It works great in the auto setting which is great for those of us who are not handy with the manual settings. The pictures with flash also look great in my opinion . What I find the most tricky is the focusing aspect, which may not be the lens but just me. I have added some of my practice pictures in this review in case some of you want to see what kind of image can be produced with this lens:)Overall, if you are looking for a fun alternative lens that gives you pictures similar to those family photo albums from the 80âs⦠then youâve got yourselves a deal with this one.**UPDATE**You all better buy this lens! I finally went to Boston and Iâm so happy with the pictures I took using it. I added some in this review! Very important to play with the settings to get your best shot!!!
Sean –
Caveat Emptor: You might get a dud.
I see some great photos and great reviews. So I bought one. And returned it immediately. The one I received did not allow for any manual focus and there was no existing focal length I could find. Everything was blurry. It was like I was shooting with no lens at all. So, yeah, some of these may well be well worth the price. But the one I got was not worth anything at all.
Rich S. –
Very limited, but can be fun
My main gripe with this lens is not the image quality, which is lousy in a perfectly acceptable and expected way, but the vignetting. On my full frame camera, unless focused at infinity, the frame edges are practically black – it’s a round porthole into the image. This effect is significantly lessened if the lens is focused at infinity.I would also note that the distances listed in the manual for the focus symbols are way off. The minimum focal distance is really a bit over a meter, not 70cm. I’m fine with that, but it’s worth noting.Also, there is a rosette pattern to the aperture opening, with little holes around the central one. On my full frame camera, this rosette pattern is clearly visible and oddly distracting. I would have preferred a simple hole without the extras.On a crop sensor, this is a lot more useful – much of the vignetting and odd aperture effects are out of the image area.This is incredibly inexpensive, and can certainly produce fun images – and I will continue to explore it on a crop sensor camera – I wouldn’t bother with it on full frame.
q256 –
My favorite special effect lens
I like the term ( my thought process ) : pinhole camera on your DSLRCrisp pictures, no – it shouldn’t, not with a pinhole. Soft lighting – soft focus – great old school photos . . . this is one of the best Christmas presents I have ever given myself ( and I have years of experience with this ). The lens itself is light – small, easy to drop into my camera bag for when I see one of those . . . what would this scene look like with mid 1800 photography
Jim Swift –
It really works! Very close to a film Holga.
I was taking a gamble on this when I found out these existed. I have had a Holga 135BC for 10 years or so and I used it a lot, but then it ended up in a box. Preparing for a road trip, I found it and two rolls of film. I took it on the trip and tried to get some good shots.Only to discover how insanely expensive film and processing are these days. Also, come on, whose computer has a CD drive these days? Two weeks to process? Digital killed 1-hour photo, I get it. Smartphones basically killed handheld camera-only devices unless you’re a photographer.Yet, I yearned for the past but didn’t want to break the bank or use Instagram filters, so I gave this a try. I figured if it sucked, I could return it. But it works great. Granted, the Holga aesthetic is not just the lens. It’s the light leaks, the film, the mistakes that often make unique photos. So, not *exactly* the same. But good! And for $20? I got it the next day and for less than the price of getting a roll of 35mm developed.Just accept it’s not gonna be 100% the same and you’ll be extremely satisfied. I try not to look at the photos until I’ve taken 36 of them so I don’t start tweaking too much. It’d kill the vibe.
Paco chavez –
Este lente debe ser usado a manera de diversión y experimentación, la foto tiene viñetado y unos colores retro que me encantan, si te gustan las fotos super definidas y a gran resolución no compres este lente, es mas bien para jugar a tomar fotos y hacer fotos estilo “lomography”, tomar fotos en blanco y negro y este lente son una gran combinación.
Didier Loza –
Es un lente muy muy obscuro, pero se puede arreglar modeando el lente.