Indian industrial designer Saikat Biswas has come up with a novel and frankly, fantastic looking digital Holga. He calls it the Holga D.
Saikat has managed to merge the key elements of the Holga and combine them with a digital sensor. We would love to see Holga make something similar.
More information available on his site:
http://www.saikatbiswas.com/web/Projects/Holga_D.htm
It’s a really interesting read, and he has put a lot of time and thought into designing this Holga D.
So what do you say Holga…time to make the Holga D 
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DEFINITELY NOT! Holga is film, period!
I would buy one
I agree Sheena! Keep it film!
i-holga? Yes I love film, but I’m also ready to embrace the future, after all I own both LP’s and mp3′s I’d love to own one, I would keep it next to my film one in my camera bag!
wow, a few responses! I tried posting this in some forums only to be totally ignored. haha
For me, it would all have to do with the price-point. If it were sub $100, I could see myself buying one. Conceptually, I think it’d be fun to have a cheapo digi-cam w/o a display.
That said, reading terms such as “full-frame” & “e-ink,” and given the niche market, there’s no way it could come under a hundred bucks.
So, while I disagree with the logic that says “Holgas have to be film” cameras, I’d also have to say no to the Holga D, as it would end up being just another way to strip money from hipsters.
Have you considered asking Saikat Biswas if he’d be interested in doing an interview for Holgablog? It might be interesting to hear how he came up with the project for example. Also, I’d like to know how he made those images. They are very realistic!!
um full frame? it fully states that its a last generation 1.5x sensor
Even though this is a super cool idea… I don’t know if I’d buy one… Holgas got me excited about film again after going mainly digital for years.