The Holga GCFN can be dissected from two different angles. First there is the "G" in its name, which stands for "glass". Historically, the Holga cameras have featured simple, plastic lenses which deliver relatively primitive image quality. But from nearly the very beginning of the Holga line, there have been variations of this camera that sport glass lenses. These glass optics offer a modest improvement on image quality, creating photos with slightly sharper centers but with softer edges. The "CFN" part of the GCFN's name refers to the built-in colored flash that this camera features. Powered by two AA batteries that are housed under the film mask, this Holga can produce flash photos with the simple flip of a switch. Additionally, the flash has colored filter gels allowing the user to cast red, yellow, blue or white light from their flash.
Apart from those changes, the GCFN remains true to the basic Holga 120N. It has a wide angle 60mm f8 lens and a fixed shutter speed of approximately 1/100th of a second - with the provision for a Bulb mode. Focusing is accomplished via the scale on the lens barrel; the camera has a focus range of 3' to infinity. The camera has negative masks (and windows) for both 6x6cm as well as 6x4.5cm frame sizes.
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Holga 120GCFN Shutter Sound
Few shutter noises embody as much creative potential as the double click-click of the Holga shutter. Driven by a spring-tensioned rotary shutter that could barely be any more basic, the Holga clicks once on the shutter's forward spin and then again as it spins back and resets. That simple action has been the basis for many a double-exposed, wonky-framed, wonderfully light-leaked film photograph. It is a sound that is as distinctive as that of the Hasselblad and due to the Holga's far lower price tag, one that is possibly heard even more often.