RE: any experience with pinhole holga?

I have not used one of these "PinHolgas" but I did make my own.

For another example of a pinhole-converted Holga, see
http://www.argonauta.com/html/holga_pinholes.htm. He doesn't sell them, but
his instructions for modifying Holgas are excellent.

I'm working on some pictures of my own pinhole Holga for my web site. I
should have them up next week, maybe. I have some Holga photos up now, but
none of the pinhole shots yet. http://www.dankerton.net.

I think I have a rather novel approach to modifying a Holga for pinhole
usage. I wanted a Holga for nighttime/long exposure photography and for
pinhole photography. Instead of using two separate cameras and making most
of the same modifications to both, why not make a convertible lensed/pinhole
Holga? I mounted a pinhole to the "sunny" aperture plate and removed the
lens stop screw. So, if I want to shoot nighttime stuff with a lens, I just
swing the pinhole out of the way. If I want to shoot pinhole shots, I move
it into place and screw off the lens.

The only thing I don't have that the PinHolga does is a cable shutter
release. That would be nice.

I like using the Holga for pinhole photography. I don't have a darkroom, so
it's convenient being able to shoot on film, since I can still develop in a
tank.

When I get my site updated, I can post the URL if people are interested.

-Theron
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 -----Original Message-----
From: pinhole-discussion-admin@pinhole.com
[mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@pinhole.com] On Behalf Of Mark Interrante
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 10:18 AM
To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] any experience with pinhole holga?

Hi,

My wife likes the holga cameras quite alot, and we get them from someone
who modifies them (we just got a holga with bulb setting). I just noticed
that he now sell two modifications that are pinhole versions.
http://home.twcny.rr.com/baddog/holga/pinholga/pinholga.html
Has anyone used these?

For those of you not familiar with Holga, it is a ultra inexpensive 120
camera that makes images "hat are not sharp". Here are some images (no
affiliation
with these folks just like the work):

   http://www.bildmaterial.ch/english.htm
   http://www.douglasartstudio.com/photography.htm
   http://www.photographybychristine.com/Holga%20Gallery.htm

Thanks,
Mark
http://www.interwalk.com/pinhole.htm

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Received on Fri Mar 15 18:38:21 2002