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product_id: 125383357
title: "Holga HL-C 60mm f/8 Lens for Canon DSLR Camera(Black)"
brand: "holga"
price: "$66"
currency: NZD
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reviews_count: 8
category: "Holga"
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# 60mm focal length Manual focus ring Plastic build, ultra lightweight Holga HL-C 60mm f/8 Lens for Canon DSLR Camera(Black)

**Brand:** holga
**Price:** $66
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 📸 Turn your Canon DSLR into a retro art machine—no Photoshop required!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Holga HL-C 60mm f/8 Lens for Canon DSLR Camera(Black) by holga
- **How much does it cost?** $66 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/125383357-holga-hl-c-60mm-f-8-lens-for-canon-dslr)

## Best For

- holga enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted holga brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Lightweight & Portable:** At just 30g, this plastic lens is your perfect travel companion for spontaneous creativity.
- • **Effortless Manual Control:** Adjust focus manually to craft unique depth and dreamy blur with every shot.
- • **Vintage Vibes, Zero Filters:** Capture authentic Holga-style soft focus & vignette effects—no editing needed.
- • **Universal Canon Compatibility:** Seamlessly mounts on any Canon DSLR/SLR with F-mount for instant creative upgrades.
- • **Affordable Artistic Expression:** Unlock nostalgic film aesthetics without breaking the bank or needing complex gear.

## Overview

The Holga HL-C 60mm f/8 lens is a lightweight, plastic manual-focus lens designed for Canon DSLR/SLR cameras. It delivers signature Holga effects like soft focus, vignetting, and light leaks, creating unique, film-like photos straight out of the camera. Compatible with all Canon F-mount bodies, it offers a fixed aperture around f/8 (though effectively slower), a 60mm focal length, and a compact design perfect for creative photographers seeking nostalgic aesthetics at an unbeatable price.

## Description

The Holga's low-cost construction and simple meniscus lens often yields pictures that display vignetting, blur, light leaks, and other distortions. But just these characteristics endows it with distinctive vitality and unique effects. With the lens, the magic of Holga now is available for Nikon and Canon EOS DSLR cameras. It generates soft and dark angle images that cannot be duplicated! The Lens are with a near/far focus adjustment ring and a fixed f/8 aperture. Focal length is 60mm. Lots of fun at a very reasonable price! Specification: Focal Length: 60mm Focus Type: Manual Maximum Aperture: F/8.0 Material: Plastic Lens Dimension: 30x60 mm Weight: 30g Compatible with: Can be used with 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

Review: Neat lens, and a great deal, but f/8 it is not. - This is a fun lens for the price, it's certainly niche but you can get a lot of cool effects out of it with very little effort. That said, it's absolutely NOT f/8. It's MUCH slower, so slow that the viewfinder will be fully blacked out in low light conditions. I did a little digging around and confirmed my suspicions that it's more like f/24. Apparently, this is because Holga lenses are terrible at focusing to infinity, so they basically make it "squint" with a very small aperture, which greatly increases the distance it can focus at. This also means it has a very deep depth of field. From what I've seen, it's easy to modify the lens to open the aperture up, which makes the depth of field much more limited and allows for some pretty crazy chromatic bokeh effects, but it also makes it impossible to focus past ~25 feet. I'm half tempted to buy another just to try that out, haha. Still gets 5 stars, just because of the price.
Review: 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 I’m taking on the trip with me, so I figured I’d 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 80’s… then you’ve got yourselves a deal with this one. **UPDATE** You all better buy this lens! I finally went to Boston and I’m 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!!!

## Features

- The Holga lens that can be used with ANY Canon DSLR/SLR Camera
- A kind of plastic lens that can be mounted to Canon cameras directly.
- By using it, the Canon DSLR cameras can also shoot pictures with soft and dark angle effects, just like Holga film cameras.
- Get one ! No Photoshop, Lightroom or other software for your photos!
- Each photo is unique.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B07MF9VGB6 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #96 in SLR Camera Lenses |
| Customer Reviews | 3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars (169) |
| Date First Available | January 5, 2019 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 1.06 ounces |
| Item model number | HL-C |
| Manufacturer | HOLGA |
| Product Dimensions | 3 x 3 x 1.8 inches |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** HOLGA
- **Focal Length Description:** 60 mm
- **Lens Type:** Standard
- **Compatible Mountings:** Canon F-mount
- **Camera Lens Description:** A 60mm lens that provides Holgaesque images

## Images

![Holga HL-C 60mm f/8 Lens for Canon DSLR Camera(Black) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/618rxBn1DfL.jpg)
![Holga HL-C 60mm f/8 Lens for Canon DSLR Camera(Black) - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41z2PbdajOL.jpg)
![Holga HL-C 60mm f/8 Lens for Canon DSLR Camera(Black) - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41ZvvrbO0RL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: I have put this lens on my 5D mark 3 and cannot get it to work. What am I missing?**
A: I use it on a Canon SL1 DSLR and it works properly with no issues at all, got it on AV mode & the results are fine in my opinion. Obviously not sharp but definitely different sort of like Lensbaby Composer in terms of style.

**Q: while this work on the canon eos 650?**
A: Yes, it will work great.  I have used mine in a college photography class, and made really good photographs with it.

**Q: Is this lens compatible with Canon 600D?**
A: It works great on both my Canon 30D and 5DSR.  It will work on your 600D.

**Q: Is this lens compatible with the Rebel t6?**
A: Yes it is

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Neat lens, and a great deal, but f/8 it is not.
*by #***N on May 30, 2025*

This is a fun lens for the price, it's certainly niche but you can get a lot of cool effects out of it with very little effort. That said, it's absolutely NOT f/8. It's MUCH slower, so slow that the viewfinder will be fully blacked out in low light conditions. I did a little digging around and confirmed my suspicions that it's more like f/24. Apparently, this is because Holga lenses are terrible at focusing to infinity, so they basically make it "squint" with a very small aperture, which greatly increases the distance it can focus at. This also means it has a very deep depth of field. From what I've seen, it's easy to modify the lens to open the aperture up, which makes the depth of field much more limited and allows for some pretty crazy chromatic bokeh effects, but it also makes it impossible to focus past ~25 feet. I'm half tempted to buy another just to try that out, haha. Still gets 5 stars, just because of the price.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nifty little lens!
*by F***O on October 25, 2022*

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 I’m taking on the trip with me, so I figured I’d 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 80’s… then you’ve got yourselves a deal with this one. **UPDATE** You all better buy this lens! I finally went to Boston and I’m 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!!!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Holga "Look" Without Postwork or DIY Mods
*by D***O on August 26, 2025*

If you don't know anything about Holga cameras or if you don't like the aesthetic, this is not the lens for you. If you like the look of photos taken with a Holga camera and are wondering if this lens is right for your Canon digital camera, it probably is. Read on! This is essentially the same plastic (NOT glass) lens in a plastic housing that is used on Holga cameras, except it's attached to an adapter ring that allows it to screw onto any Canon DSLR in place of its normal lens. It has the same optical qualities, for the most part. Since I use a mirrorless Canon EOS M100, I used an additional adapter to fit the lens to my camera. Here's what I learned: 1. Due to the cropped sensor size of my M100, the Holga functions more as a 90mm lens than a 60mm lens. 2. Although the lens is supposed to have an f-stop of f/8, it seems to be much closer to an f/20. I needed to crank up my ISO well beyond 1600 when taking photos outdoors in twilight conditions if I wanted to keep my shutter speed at 1/100 or 1/200. Indoor photos require a LOT of lighting. The lens does make longer exposures possible, due to the tiny shutter speed. 3. You're not going to get light leaks from this lens. You wouldn't get them from a Holga lens mounted to a Holga body either, as the light leaks are caused on the body's shoddy construction. 4. Even with the crop factor, there's some vignetting visible in my photos. As with the 35mm version of the Holga, this vignetting is kind of a 'cheat' and not due to the plastic lens itself. Holga introduced a mask of sorts to the adapter ring, and it's that mask that causes the vignetting. 5. The focusing ring is the same as on the regular Holga lens on a regular Holga camera. Love it or hate it, this is what you've got and you'd better learn to use it because autofocusing does not work on analog, manual lenses. This is a great lens for capturing the dreamy, quirky look of classic Holga images. It has a much stronger (some might say "overbearing") personality than the 'Oreo Cookie" pancake lens that is currently making the lo-fi rounds. It's not for everyone as the Holga has a very selective appeal. But I'm glad I have it in my camera bag and I love using it. I much prefer using this lens to emulating the Holga look using software or the "toy camera" setting on my Canon M100.

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