Post your recent Holga 120N shots here~!

[Daire Quinlan]

Jeremy those shots are pretty amazing. Never been a huge fan myself of shooting colour in the Holgas, here's a Tri-x shot from a week or so ago

 

[Jeremy Mudd]

Jeremy those shots are pretty amazing. Never been a huge fan myself of shooting colour in the Holgas, here's a Tri-x shot from a week or so ago

Thanks! That shot is great!

Jeremy

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I've had a Holga for the past 20 years and have enjoyed using it. Mine isn't the 120N. It doesn't have a bulb setting or tripod socket. So.. a 120N should be arriving to my door sometime next week. That'll put my Holga collection up to three...one is a pinhole wide, which I just love.

 

[Donald Qualls]

I've got a Debonair on the way from Film Photography Project -- it's a 6x4.5 version of the Holga, more or less. Three-zone focus, fixed exposure (f/11, 1/100, they claim), plastic lens. Hopefully it'll be here soon...

 

[Joseph Bell]

Hello! I love this thread! Please don't kill it! I adore my Holga 120N and am grateful for its Bulb setting. I took this 8 second exposure by placing the camera on the pier and trying my best to be steady and sturdy while I held the shutter down. I like the Holga so much that I can't stop pining for a cheap colour film, something like Fuji C200 or Kodak Gold but in 120 format, and moreover I can't stop thinking about the Lomo LC-A 120, but thus far I can't bring myself to spend the $599 CDN on such a camera, and certainly that's another matter for another post. Alright, fine, I'm a selfish jerk who has strayed from the original poster's theme, and I'm sorry! My lo-fi 120 love has infected my brain!

 

[Dali]

Let's say that you escaped on time from the ambient sharpness neurosis. Welcome to the dark side!

 

[Jeremy Mudd]

I've got a Debonair on the way from Film Photography Project -- it's a 6x4.5 version of the Holga, more or less. Three-zone focus, fixed exposure (f/11, 1/100, they claim), plastic lens. Hopefully it'll be here soon...

I've been curious to try one of the Debonairs. They look very Holga-esque.

Can't wait to see your results from it.

Jeremy

 

[Jeremy Mudd]

View attachment 245788 Hello! I love this thread! Please don't kill it! I adore my Holga 120N and am grateful for its Bulb setting. I took this 8 second exposure by placing the camera on the pier and trying my best to be steady and sturdy while I held the shutter down. I like the Holga so much that I can't stop pining for a cheap colour film, something like Fuji C200 or Kodak Gold but in 120 format, and moreover I can't stop thinking about the Lomo LC-A 120, but thus far I can't bring myself to spend the $599 CDN on such a camera, and certainly that's another matter for another post. Alright, fine, I'm a selfish jerk who has strayed from the original poster's theme, and I'm sorry! My lo-fi 120 love has infected my brain!

Very nice.

Have you thought about shooting 35mm C200 or Gold in your Holga? I have a roll of C200 loaded in one of mine at the moment and am about halfway thru the roll. I used some gaffers tape on the viewfinder to mask part of it off so I can compose for the space the 35mm film takes up.

Also, if you want to spend $$$, have you checked out holgamods.com? The cable release is a really nice add-on.

Jeremy

 

[Donald Qualls]

I've been curious to try one of the Debonairs. They look very Holga-esque.

Can't wait to see your results from it.

Jeremy

That's why I ordered it -- very Holga in spirit, but less than half the price.

 

[Jeremy Mudd]

I'll add another.

Cypress Trees - Fuji ACROS film @ cloudy setting, approximately 1 second exposure on a tripod.

 

[radiant]

I think Jeremy should be banned from this topic Those are not Holga shots, even if they are taken with Holga

How did you focus your Holga in the last tree + pond picture?

 

[ChristopherCoy]

I think Jeremy should be banned from this topic Those are not Holga shots, even if they are taken with Holga

How did you focus your Holga in the last tree + pond picture?

With his feet, and good guess work I'd imagine.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

I know - maybe I should send it in for a CLA .

Jeremy

Or roll it around the back of the truck for a few days at least....

 

[radiant]

With his feet, and good guess work I'd imagine.

I mean how many nights you have to sleep with your Holga? Do you need to make some magic spells, take secret courses? Otherwise I cannot believe anyone can focus that sharply..

Just kidding. My Holga can be sharp at studio too. But only in studio. It just goes out of focus immediately when I take it outside.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

Just kidding. My Holga can be sharp at studio too. But only in studio. It just goes out of focus immediately when I take it outside.

ah well see... there's your problem. You have an indoor camera. It'll need a water bottle and a litter box.

 

[Jeremy Mudd]

I think Jeremy should be banned from this topic Those are not Holga shots, even if they are taken with Holga

How did you focus your Holga in the last tree + pond picture?

I blame Michael Kenna for all of this. His work with Holgas is what inspired me - it proved to me that you can make great images with anything. I enjoy the challenge now of shooting them.

I'm decent at estimating distances - thought the tree was about 3.5 feel away from the film plane so I set the "focus" to the single person icon and went with it. This shot really shows how much vignetting shows up on the Holga when focused close. At infinity its not quite as bad.

I mean how many nights you have to sleep with your Holga? Do you need to make some magic spells, take secret courses? Otherwise I cannot believe anyone can focus that sharply..

Well, ya see, there was this guy I met at a crossroads one day, and we struck a deal......



Jeremy

 

[ChristopherCoy]

I blame Michael Kenna for all of this. His work with Holgas is what inspired me - it proved to me that you can make great images with anything.

Which holga model do you have?

 

[Daire Quinlan]

I blame Michael Kenna for all of this. His work with Holgas is what inspired me -

Yes, I have a copy of 'Holga' sitting in my bookshelf downstairs as well, it's no coincidence that my first holga ebay purchase happened shortly after getting it

 

[radiant]

thought the tree was about 3.5 feel away from the film plane so I set the "focus" to the single person icon and went with it.

Can Holga be sharp in any other setting really? I actually tested - quite roughly - the focusing distance (using focusing plane, aka baking/owen paper) and my findings were that there is basically two settings; near (single person) which goes to about 5-10 meters and then the rest.

Yes, I have a copy of 'Holga' sitting in my bookshelf downstairs as well, it's no coincidence that my first holga ebay purchase happened shortly after getting it

I bought my second Holga after reading the book.

By the way; usually Finland is not that appealing place to shoot photographs and I always envy mountain or some other amazing locations on others photos. While reading Holga book I was like "yeah I could do these if I was free to travel around the globe". And then finding one photo, shot in Finland. Just staring the photo and I couldn't come up with any excuses.

 

[wyofilm]

Bulb setting. I took this 8 second exposure by placing the camera on the pier and trying my best to be steady and sturdy while I held the shutter down.

When using my holga for a few seconds + I will cover the lens, depress the shutter and wedge paper or thin cardboard to hold the shutter open, uncover lens, time, re-cover lens, and remove wedge. BTW, really like your photograph.

 

[Jeremy Mudd]

Which holga model do you have?

I shot with a couple of 120N's. There's shot of one of them with the extras I've added to it earlier in this thread.

Jeremy

 

[Jeremy Mudd]

Can Holga be sharp in any other setting really? I actually tested - quite roughly - the focusing distance (using focusing plane, aka baking/owen paper) and my findings were that there is basically two settings; near (single person) which goes to about 5-10 meters and then the rest.

While the focus is rudimentary at best, the marks on the lens for distance do affect the focus some. I have some shots that were taken in-between the 1 and 2 person marks that are slightly back or front focused. I did play around with a piece of ground glass in the back of one of them and the focus did change slightly thru the zones - the least amount being the difference between group and mountain - if shooting at infinity you'd probably be good anywhere between group or mountain setting.

Jeremy

 

[darkosaric]

I don't know - I had couple of Holgas in the past, they were always bad, like true Holga, worse than expected. That is why I prefer my Diana F and F+.
Anyhow, since this thread is about Holga - here are my Holga shots from yesterday (Fomapan 400, red filter, Rodinal 1+25, printed on Fomabrom, little digital edit - auto-correct option in Canoc arcsoft):

 

[Jeremy Mudd]

Here's a shot from yesterday morning.

Fallsville Falls in what was once the town of Fallsville, Ohio. Fallsville started in the mid-1800s a small town surrounding the mill that was built on top of these falls. The town began to grow and attract more businesses, especially after talk about a railroad being built passing right by the town. Unfortunately that never came to pass, and the town slowly dwindled away, fading into nothing. All that remains is a few signs that there was once a mill (if you are on top of the falls you can see where the structure supports were set into the rock), and the town church about .5 miles away.

Holga 120N on Kodak Ektar film on the "Sunny" setting and bulb mode, with 2 stop ND filter, polarizer, and remote release cable adapter. 16 second exposure. Developed in UniColor C41 chems and scanned on an Epson V600 scanner.

Jeremy

 

[Bill Burk]

Jeremy, I think you're Holga's broken. Where are the light leaks? Film scratches? Focus errors and distortion?

And funky colors, exposure errors...
Jeremy you are using expert technique which usually is not applied to you cameras. Very creative.
Are you using a light meter and do you calibrate your exposure with extensive testing?
Or do you just wing it and let God take care of the rest?