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product_id: 48092440
title: "Holga HL-C Canon DSLR Lens Black"
brand: "holga"
price: "$83"
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# Unique Lo-Fi vintage effect 60mm fixed focal length Manual focus with 4 zone settings Holga HL-C Canon DSLR Lens Black

**Brand:** holga
**Price:** $83
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🎞️ Turn your DSLR into a vintage storytelling powerhouse!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Holga HL-C Canon DSLR Lens Black by holga
- **How much does it cost?** $83 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/48092440-holga-hl-c-canon-dslr-lens-black)

## 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

- • **Compact & Lightweight:** Weighing just 0.1 lbs, this lens adds minimal bulk to your kit for spontaneous creativity on the go.
- • **Instant Vintage Vibes:** Get authentic Holga lo-fi aesthetics straight from your Canon DSLR—no editing needed!
- • **Vibrant, Grainy Character:** Saturate colors and capture grainy, vignetted images that stand out in a sea of digital perfection.
- • **Affordable Artistic Upgrade:** Transform your expensive gear into a storytelling machine for under £15—because style shouldn’t break the bank.
- • **Creative Control, Simplified:** Manual focus with intuitive zone settings lets you compose effortlessly and embrace imperfection.

## Overview

The Holga HL-C is a 60mm f/8 prime lens designed for Canon DSLR/SLR cameras, delivering signature Holga lo-fi effects like soft focus and corner vignetting without any post-processing. Lightweight and manual focus with four zone settings, it’s an affordable, creative tool for photographers seeking nostalgic, vibrant, and grainy images straight out of camera.

## Description

Digitizing Holga – it's now. It's fun. It is affordable. Try it today and experience another type of photography. Be creative. Everyone is talking about these incredibly popular Holga lenses for your DSLR camera or photography. No additional modification to the camera or lens is necessary. So now you can get the spine sit directly from your digital camera with manual focus via the well-known Holga zone focus method. It's so much fun to make snapshots. You will fall in love with Holga.

Review: Wonderful lens! Gloriously 'crappy' results! - I love post processing and I love vintage film photography so after a shoot (even a small one) with my (moderately) expensive gear I spend a hefty amount of time processing the photos, often selecting a few well composed photos to turn into vintage photos. I also love the sort of story told by much older lenses or, even, toy lenses--the emotions they evoke can be very powerful. So, having spent many a wee hour making photos taken on expensive camera gear looking like they were taken on crappy camera gear I thought I should stop mucking around, cut out the middle man and just turn my expensive camera gear into cheap crappy camera gear. Enter the HL-C! So, anyone interested in vintage photography will have heard of Holga and the gloriously distorted, colour burnt, heavily vignetted moments they capture. Whilst this lens is undoubtedly 'crappy' it is perhaps not crappy enough! When it arrived I rushed home from work and had 15 minutes or so before the house would fill up. I feverishly jammed it onto my 650d (yes it's plastic but it feels fine and solid going on the camera), put the shutter and aperture at fairly neutral settings (it wont make a great deal of difference anyway), headed outside on an overcast English early-evening and started snapping. Having read reviews I thought it would struggle in the dim light but it sucked in plenty of light! The 60mm (on a crop sensor camera) is good length for snapping things and the simple-to-understand focussing ring (4 settings--fairly close, portrait, group portrait and mountain!) doesn't do much so there was no real need to worry too much about focussing. Even on a cloudy day it was clear enough in the viewfinder to 'attempt' to focus. I did try it indoors and no, dont bother. (you can find the results of a no-thought quick shoot on my flickr stream). So, the most important bit, what did these first few rushed shots come out like? Well, they may not be for everyone but if story telling is more important to you than crystal clear sharp images then you'll enjoy this lens. To be honest, at 15 quid or so you weren't really expecting to hit the front covers were you? But, there is no reason why you couldn't. For me, photography is story telling and this lens tells stories. Sometimes it tells stories from 30 years ago but that is part of the point. The colours are wonderfully vibrant at times, muted in other places. Playing with colours produces a multitude of results as the lens saturates colours differently as they pass through it. The end result is simply wonderful. Purples, yellows, limes, even reds, all are usually fantastically vibrant. The grain is excessive and attempts to post-process these photos beyond any additional cropping are fairly futile, it is what is it and the images are what they are. Post sharpening--don't bother, embrace the wonderfully soft and grainy finish. Post colour balancing--again, don't bother, this is part of the glory of this lens. Post spot removal--don't worry about spots on your photos, leave them, it's too grainy anyway. In short: * This lens will not be for everyone but I suspect that those who like this lens will love this lens. * Your technique is stripped back to only composition and because you are zooming with your feet you are an even more active part of the scene. * Mundane becomes interesting with little photographer skill. * Your mindset as a photographer changes as you embrace the challenges this lens throws at you. * For £15 this is a fun addition to your kit.
Review: Fun, cheap lens. - What a fun lens this is. It won’t suit those who want sharply focused photos but if you’re interested in experimenting & creating something different it’s worth buying, it’s so cheap. You need to use manual settings & plenty of light to get a decent exposure but the results are well worth it. It fits fine on my full frame camera.

## Features

- The Holga lens that can be used with ANY Canon DSLR/SLR Camera
- Get the Holga Lo-Fi look with corner vignetting and soft focus
- No Photoshop, Lightroom or other software required!
- Great looking Holga images straight out of Your Canon camera!
- As featured on CNET, Nikon Rumors, Peta Pixel, Boing Boing, etc...

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B005OFK89E |
| Aperture Modes | F8 |
| Best Sellers Rank | 27,430 in Electronics & Photo ( See Top 100 in Electronics & Photo ) 220 in Camera Lenses |
| Brand | Holga |
| Camera Lens | The Holga 60mm f/8 is a popular, affordable and creative option for DSLR or photo cameras. This prime lens has a fixed focal length of 60mm and a maximum aperture of f/8, which is ideal for manual focus and deeper sharpness. The lens does not have optical image stabilization, but it does offer digital stabilization. The lens design makes it ideal for creative photography and experiments with sharp… |
| Colour | Black |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (352) |
| Date First Available | 13 Dec. 2011 |
| Focus type | Manual Focus |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
| Item Weight | 0.1 Pounds |
| Item model number | HLA_60mm f/8_CNN |
| Lens Design | Prime |
| Lens Fixed Focal Length | 60 Millimetres |
| Max Focal Length | 60 Millimeters |
| Min Focal Length | 60 Millimeters |
| Package Dimensions L x W x H | 7.8 x 7.6 x 4.7 centimetres |
| Package Weight | 0.05 Kilograms |
| Part number | HLA_60mm f/8_CNN |
| Plug profile | Canon |
| Product Dimensions L x W x H | 13.5 x 7.9 x 4.6 centimetres |
| Water Resistance Level | Not Water Resistant |
| Zoom Type | Prime |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Holga
- **Compatible mountings:** Canon EF
- **Focal length description:** 60 mm
- **Focus type:** Manual Focus
- **Lens design:** Prime
- **Lens type:** Artistic
- **Lens-fixed focal length:** 60 Millimetres
- **Maximum focal length:** 60 Millimeters
- **Minimum focal length:** 60 Millimeters

## Images

![Holga HL-C Canon DSLR Lens Black - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51UuwsStXTL.jpg)
![Holga HL-C Canon DSLR Lens Black - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Zrm-xGNBL.jpg)
![Holga HL-C Canon DSLR Lens Black - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/719vI9tIB7L.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Will this work with a canon powershot sx420 is? I have a 52mm adapter also**
A: It only works on Canon DSLR or SLR cameras with interchangeable lenses.

**Q: Does it include front and rear lens covers?**
A: Yes it does, this lens is best on sunny days.

**Q: Do I need any adapter for the lens? I have a canon rebel 3ti**
A: No.  Adapter is not required.  It is to be mounted on the camera body directly.  The same way you mount a Canon lens on the camera.  It is compatible with your Rebel 3Ti.

**Q: Does this lens fit a canon t6?**
A: Absolutely.  This is fully compatible with the Canon T6 as well.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wonderful lens! Gloriously 'crappy' results!
*by M***S on 25 June 2013*

I love post processing and I love vintage film photography so after a shoot (even a small one) with my (moderately) expensive gear I spend a hefty amount of time processing the photos, often selecting a few well composed photos to turn into vintage photos. I also love the sort of story told by much older lenses or, even, toy lenses--the emotions they evoke can be very powerful. So, having spent many a wee hour making photos taken on expensive camera gear looking like they were taken on crappy camera gear I thought I should stop mucking around, cut out the middle man and just turn my expensive camera gear into cheap crappy camera gear. Enter the HL-C! So, anyone interested in vintage photography will have heard of Holga and the gloriously distorted, colour burnt, heavily vignetted moments they capture. Whilst this lens is undoubtedly 'crappy' it is perhaps not crappy enough! When it arrived I rushed home from work and had 15 minutes or so before the house would fill up. I feverishly jammed it onto my 650d (yes it's plastic but it feels fine and solid going on the camera), put the shutter and aperture at fairly neutral settings (it wont make a great deal of difference anyway), headed outside on an overcast English early-evening and started snapping. Having read reviews I thought it would struggle in the dim light but it sucked in plenty of light! The 60mm (on a crop sensor camera) is good length for snapping things and the simple-to-understand focussing ring (4 settings--fairly close, portrait, group portrait and mountain!) doesn't do much so there was no real need to worry too much about focussing. Even on a cloudy day it was clear enough in the viewfinder to 'attempt' to focus. I did try it indoors and no, dont bother. (you can find the results of a no-thought quick shoot on my flickr stream). So, the most important bit, what did these first few rushed shots come out like? Well, they may not be for everyone but if story telling is more important to you than crystal clear sharp images then you'll enjoy this lens. To be honest, at 15 quid or so you weren't really expecting to hit the front covers were you? But, there is no reason why you couldn't. For me, photography is story telling and this lens tells stories. Sometimes it tells stories from 30 years ago but that is part of the point. The colours are wonderfully vibrant at times, muted in other places. Playing with colours produces a multitude of results as the lens saturates colours differently as they pass through it. The end result is simply wonderful. Purples, yellows, limes, even reds, all are usually fantastically vibrant. The grain is excessive and attempts to post-process these photos beyond any additional cropping are fairly futile, it is what is it and the images are what they are. Post sharpening--don't bother, embrace the wonderfully soft and grainy finish. Post colour balancing--again, don't bother, this is part of the glory of this lens. Post spot removal--don't worry about spots on your photos, leave them, it's too grainy anyway. In short: * This lens will not be for everyone but I suspect that those who like this lens will love this lens. * Your technique is stripped back to only composition and because you are zooming with your feet you are an even more active part of the scene. * Mundane becomes interesting with little photographer skill. * Your mindset as a photographer changes as you embrace the challenges this lens throws at you. * For £15 this is a fun addition to your kit.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fun, cheap lens.
*by J***J on 13 April 2025*

What a fun lens this is. It won’t suit those who want sharply focused photos but if you’re interested in experimenting & creating something different it’s worth buying, it’s so cheap. You need to use manual settings & plenty of light to get a decent exposure but the results are well worth it. It fits fine on my full frame camera.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Cheap and cheerful and as a child of the 60's ...
*by D***L on 20 March 2015*

Cheap and cheerful and as a child of the 60's the images remind me of bygone days. Still playing around with it.

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