Pixiq

If you missed it, here is Part 1 of this review. 

Ok, now to the meat and potatoes. I mentioned that the main reason I like this kit is that it forces your to do something different and get creative with your photography. That has always been the best part about shooting a real film Holga camera, not knowing what to expect, and always getting flaws, vignettes, light leaks, etc.

Those flaws are still visible and the vignette and softness definitely make these images look like they were taken with a plastic Holga lens, there's no mistaking that look. Whether or not you like that is a matter of personal opinion. I for one think if it's done right, it can be great. 

My favorite 2 attachments for the lens are the fisheye adapter and the macro adapters. The fisheye of course is not a true fisheye. It doesn't make you 60mm lens any wider, it just takes that field of view and expands it into a bubble, so you have a circle image within a black rectangular frame, as seen in the image above.  So while it's not a real fisheye, it can still lead for some fun photos. I think it would be great for party photos with your friends, or wacky portraits.

The Macro attachment is also pretty amazing. That photo above of the quarter is uncropped. That's a pretty cool shot to come out of such a cheap attachment. You can get super close shots, the downside however is that it's very hard to get the subject in focus, and you MUST use a flash. 

Here's my biggest gripe with the kit. The lens is supposed to be f/8 however, even in bright midday sun I had to shoot at ISO 800 or more at 1/100th of a second, which makes me believe it's actually more like f/11 or slower. If you're shooting indoors, forget about seeing much through your viewfinder. You can shoot with a flash, chimp you LCD and then shoot again if you need to refocus or recompose. 

The photo of the bus above was taken with only the 60mm lens, no attachments. You can see how soft it is, and the strange blue tone. Again, you never know what you're going to get with these lenses!

The wide angle and Tele adapters do as you would expect them to do, as do the closeup adapters. 

The bottom line is this: for $100 you get a great little kit that you can have some fun with. Don't expect sharp images, or film like tones. Do expect chromatic aberration, vignettes, and unique images. 

A great exercise to practice here would be to turn off your auto-review option for your LCD and go out and shoot 24 or 36 images. Then come home and look at them. No repeats allowed in the field. 

The kit is available for Nikon, Canon, Sony, Olympus and Pentax mounts. As I said yesterday, if you have one or if you buy a kit, please share links to your photos in the comments below!