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By: Jen Castle Photography.com » Blog Archive » Favorites for Friday

Jen Castle Photography.com » Blog Archive » Favorites for Friday — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:45:43 +0000

[...] “I?ve been using my Holga 120 GCFN for over 3 years now. It has rubber bands around it and scraps of cardboard stuffed inside, and I love it. Why? Because it came along and made me think differently. Its limits were my challenges. Its flaws were my surprises.” -holga blog [...]

By: Tareq

Tareq — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:03:01 +0000

Hey there, i just got this pinhole as well about 1 week ago, and i want to start shooting film 120 for the first time, so i loaded a film in that pinhole [not sure if the film is still fine or ruined, and i loaded in my office room with low light of ceiling on my back], and i didn’t add any mask in it, so is it in 6×12 format size now? Also how i shoot in this format size then? [12 or 16].
I put film B&W T-Max ASA [ISO100], so if i will shoot in day light until before the sunset few minutes, how long should i need to expose? do i need to cover the camera with any tapes on any part of it for not get any light leaking? This is first time for me so i want to be sure i didn’t do any mistakes even if i will do a test, at least i do test first time and not always every time i do test and ruin the film by any fault or mistake.

And i have a question, when i finish shooting the roll, how can i unload it? can i unload it in same low light room or must be totally dark or can i use red light only room if available?

By: Michael Cox

Michael Cox — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:40:11 +0000

I got my WPC a few weeks ago, and have put one roll of Ilford through it and am about to fire off a roll of 160 color neg to the lab. The one thing I’d recommend to anyone using this, besides the obvious of a tripod, is to work with different planes–to not get caught up in typical “panoramic think” and only shoot wide at a distance. Because of the pinhole depth of field, having things intermediate and closeup work really nicely, because you have all that horizontal frame to play with. The counter at the back is weird: you have to remember, or, like me, continually refer to the instructions, which hole to use for the 6×9 mask and which for the 6×12 mask, because the numbers are somewhat counterintuitive.

By: Favorites for Friday #1 « Jen Castle Photography.com – Los Angeles Event and Wedding Photographer

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:17:11 +0000

[...] “I’ve been using my Holga 120 GCFN for over 3 years now. It has rubber bands around it and scraps of cardboard stuffed inside, and I love it. Why? Because it came along and made me think differently. Its limits were my challenges. Its flaws were my surprises.” -holga blog [...]

By: Tonto

Tonto — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:48:55 +0000

Thanks for the great article! I had no idea Holga made pinholes until recently. Several years ago I frankenstiened a Holga with my own pinhole, and then added a bracket for a shutter release. But now Holga does everything for you (even with cable release accessory). I also wondered about the possibility of adding my Polaroid back- looks like it would fit on the “regular” 120 pinhole, but not this wide angle version. I haven’t done that much pinhole photography, so I would welcome any tips/resources for calculating exposure time…

By: photobroxbourne

photobroxbourne — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:56:48 +0000

Great article. I was given one last christmas and sadly have not used it as much as I should. Though I am going to make a conscious effort to. A tip for working out exposure times (if you have a hand held lightmetre) is to take a reading at f5.6 and multiply the time by 1000. This has given me good results on the few times I have used my wpc.

By: Aztek

Aztek — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:36:49 +0000

Hey.. Nice shots. Like your review. Please stop by and take a look at some of my shots with the WPC: http://blog.holgasquare.com/2009/04/holga-wpc-medium-format-wide-pin-hole-camera/

cya!

By: Scribe

Scribe — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:55:32 +0000

Hi Jeffery, as the WPC is twice as wide as the normal 120 Holga, with a back to match, I’d imagine you’d have difficulty – BUT I don’t really know much about how the Holgaroid backs work, so I might be completely wrong

By: Jeffery

Jeffery — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:24:55 +0000

Great article. I’m wondering if I could use the polaroid back that is available for the holga that uses Fuji FP-100? Anyone tried it or know if it will work. Easier to ask than to spend the $$$.

Thanks,
Jeffery

By: fukkle bim jerry » Blog Archive » First Shot with Holga WPC panorama pinhole

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:38:31 +0000

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