That’s a great picture. Is that the pinhole camera or the one with a lens? How did you calculate your exposure?
The film isn't mirrored in the camera, it's inverted 180 degrees, so that upper-left light strike area would be in the lower right of the film gate. I suspect you had the sun near the frame and picked up flare from inside the camera -- especially likely if you just removed the 6x4.5 mask to get 6x6 images, as opposed to replacing the 16 frame mask with a 12 frame one. The mask includes a light baffle that ought to trap most of the stray light from outside frame.
That would be the bottom right of the camera - was the 6x6 mask in? I've seen similar-looking leaks when the mask wasn't in - ran across that with a used Holga that I bought that the person had cut the baffle area out of the mask for some reason. An un-molested mask fixed it.
I've read that some folks have rigged a paperclip and rubber band set-up, with one side connected to the tripod mount, to hold the shutter down. Someone else also mentioned using a piece of cardboard as a wedge.
Jeremy
Hmm, interesting, I just had a look in the back of the Holga and looking at a lamp with the back open and the lamp is clearly visible on the mask/baffle! I guess the baffle should have been made with a more acute angle to not cause reflections.
The 6x6 mask was in, I like the vignetting which wouldn't happen in 645. I thought, but not totally sure now, that the sun was behind me for this particular frame. Still a bit mysterious...
You'd think there would some movement while rigging up the rubber band, but I guess with long enough exposure that wouldn't really matter. Cool, I should have look at how to attach a filter to get long enough exposure time.
Well Holga Week has come and gone, and I didn't win any of the categories. Winners were announced on Sunday.
Always a treat to see your Holga images. Contests aside, I've got to think that you are widely recognized for your stunning work with these simple cameras.
FYI Freestyle has some of them in stock again now if anyone is still looking for one:
https://www.freestylephoto.biz/200120-Holga-120-Pan-Panoramic-Camera
Very nice shot that verges on abstraction.Another Holga shot to keep the thread going.
I remember at some point during this thread we were talking about how hard the 120 Pan's are to find.
FYI Freestyle has some of them in stock again now if anyone is still looking for one:
https://www.freestylephoto.biz/200120-Holga-120-Pan-Panoramic-Camera
Jeremy
I've been shooting with a couple of Holga 120N's lately and have been enjoying it. Given this time of social distancing and not knowing when I'll get out again, I thought it would be nice to start a recent thread of Holga shots. I'll start.
Holga 120N with Ilford Ortho Plus film, long exposure with a Holgamods cable release attachment and a 4-stop ND filter.View attachment 243101
Wonderful picture. But why the 4-stop ND filter? I
I pulled my new one out of the box last week and checked it with a piece of ground glass. Sure enough - blurry at infinity, and through the rest of the range as well. I had my old 'Pan next to it on another tripod and it was fine.
Jeremy, it's funny that you mention this as I literally just received a Holga pan last week (2 actually, since I hope to turn one into a Holgagon). I was going to test it out this weekend, but now that you've mentioned this issue I'm hesitant to load film inside it.
Even though the lens won't focus at infinity, did you find that it can still achieve focus at the other settings (i.e. the listed distances for the focus marks aren't correct, but something in the image is still in focus), or is the lens simply a dud? I have a piece of ground glass from a TLR that I might try to use to check mine myself.
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