I shoot Holgas frequently and have found that heavy rubber bands are the way to go. On the 120 Holgas run the bands horizontally trapping the back and the latches. On the panos , both the 120 Pan and the PH 120, I run them vertically. Gaffers tape is OK but costly, and electrical tape tends to come off at high temperatures. The few times that have had light leaks were caused by "fat rolls" when the film does not retain tension. The way to cure that is to use the end flap from the film box, fold it in two, and insert it between bottom of the film spool and the bottom of the body well.
If you throw away the cap, you may scratch the lens and not get tack sharp pictures any more!😃 6x12 is a nice format and easy to adapt to if you're familiar with 16x9. Some day I'll get a holga in that format probably. Too bad there were no sample photos shot. I think every camera video should have a photo to show!
I shot one roll and have only one good scene.. I found it difficult conforming my 40mm eye to the sweeping field of view this Holga gives. But That's the fun of it all. I'm glad they are available once again. and at a reasonable price.... Thanks...
@1240 You say the camera captures a 180-degree field view. However, my camera only captured a 70-degree horizontal field-of-view. Even the guide on the top of the camera displays less than a 180-degree field-of-view.
What have your results been so far? Have you shot 35mm and 120 with and without the masks and developed? I just bought the Holga 120GCFN and the Lomo Sprocket Rocket but haven't had a chance to shoot yet. This one looks interesting as well. I would guess you could get some really cool panoramic sprocket shots with 35mm. Have you tried that yet?
I was not happy with the 6x12cm images I was able to produce with my Holga 120 Panoramic. I was able to produce higher quality panoramic images by cropping images created with my Fuji X APS-C digital camera with a 12mm lens or by cropping 6x12cm images from 4x5 inch view camera images created with a 90mm lens.
I like the applause.
I shoot Holgas frequently and have found that heavy rubber bands are the way to go. On the 120 Holgas run the bands horizontally trapping the back and the latches. On the panos , both the 120 Pan and the PH 120, I run them vertically. Gaffers tape is OK but costly, and electrical tape tends to come off at high temperatures. The few times that have had light leaks were caused by "fat rolls" when the film does not retain tension. The way to cure that is to use the end flap from the film box, fold it in two, and insert it between bottom of the film spool and the bottom of the body well.
If you throw away the cap, you may scratch the lens and not get tack sharp pictures any more!😃
6x12 is a nice format and easy to adapt to if you're familiar with 16x9. Some day I'll get a holga in that format probably.
Too bad there were no sample photos shot. I think every camera video should have a photo to show!
I've shot a couple of rolls through mine and look forward to the next roll. Take care my friend......and good shooting. 👍
I shot one roll and have only one good scene..
I found it difficult conforming my 40mm eye to the sweeping field of view this Holga gives.
But That's the fun of it all.
I'm glad they are available once again. and at a reasonable price....
Thanks...
They make a pinhole camera version. That would be the difference from 90mm “optical” lens versus a pinhole.
@1240
You say the camera captures a 180-degree field view. However, my camera only captured a 70-degree horizontal field-of-view. Even the guide on the top of the camera displays less than a 180-degree field-of-view.
What have your results been so far? Have you shot 35mm and 120 with and without the masks and developed? I just bought the Holga 120GCFN and the Lomo Sprocket Rocket but haven't had a chance to shoot yet. This one looks interesting as well. I would guess you could get some really cool panoramic sprocket shots with 35mm. Have you tried that yet?
I was not happy with the 6x12cm images I was able to produce with my Holga 120 Panoramic.
I was able to produce higher quality panoramic images by cropping images created with my Fuji X APS-C digital camera with a 12mm lens or by cropping 6x12cm images from 4x5 inch view camera images created with a 90mm lens.
👏👏👏👏👏good for you.
Despite you praise to the contrary it is a total POS!