Underwater housing for Holga

Richard S. (rich815) · Apr 1, 2012

Finally! Been waiting for this. Just in time for my Hawaii diving vacation coming up! Any suggestions for best film to use?

http://www.holgamods.com/mailinglist/underwaterholga.jpg

CGW · Apr 1, 2012

rich815 said:
Finally! Been waiting for this. Just in time for my Hawaii diving vacation coming up! Any suggestions for best film to use?

http://www.holgamods.com/mailinglist/underwaterholga.jpg

Wow! A shark-proof Ziploc! Film? Dunno. Anything tolerant of salt water, I guess.

Richard S. (rich815) · Apr 1, 2012

CGW said:
Wow! A shark-proof Ziploc! Film? Dunno. Anything tolerant of salt water, I guess.

Thanks. I want film that will give me the best color and also a b&w film with the best tonality.

Richard S. (rich815) · Apr 2, 2012

Sigh..... No one can help me?

Ok, I'll stop now. It is April 2nd now after all....

Dshambli · Apr 2, 2012

Well, I was going to suggest Kodachrome. And since you're going to be diving, maybe some Efke 25 for the low light conditions.

brian steinberger · Apr 2, 2012

I think they coulda done better than a zip lock bag.

brian steinberger · Apr 2, 2012

For black and white I'd go Tri-x or HP5 for sure under water. In the bright sunshine above water FP4.

Newt_on_Swings · Apr 2, 2012

LOLOL this was funny. Probably works well too haha

Dshambli · Apr 2, 2012

Newt_on_Swings said:
LOLOL this was funny. Probably works well too haha

I thought, "This guy better be kidding." Then I saw his April 2nd comment, and figured Kodachrome fit the bill just right.

Dan Williams · Apr 3, 2012

Holga is built to leak. Why would you want to change that?

TheFlyingCamera · Apr 3, 2012

Treat the Holga as a single-use camera. Shoot Tmax 400 in it, and dispense with the housing. Just remember to keep the film wet until you can process it. Could be interesting!

Richard S. (rich815) · Apr 3, 2012

TheFlyingCamera said:
Treat the Holga as a single-use camera. Shoot Tmax 400 in it, and dispense with the housing. Just remember to keep the film wet until you can process it. Could be interesting!

Ha! Might be worth trying!

eddie · Apr 3, 2012

Forget the housing. That way, you can shoot and pre-soak at the same time. Could save a lot of darkroom time.:confused:

TheFlyingCamera · Apr 3, 2012

And if you shoot color neg, you'd be doing the Sea-41 process

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