Beautiful photos, Mark... but aren't light leaks half the fun of the Holga? :-) There's a couple of holes leading into the flash compartment that are probably causing the leak you mention - although if you have a 6x6 baffle in the post there's probably not much point doing anything about them...

S

Mark Cassino wrote:
I found a Holga among my father's photo stuff about a year ago. It had not
been used but had a couple rolls of 120 film tucked in with it. I took it
out for a spin and got addicted. I use it with 120 B&W film pretty
regularly.

A few sample shots from the last couple of weeks:

http://www.markcassino.com/paw/holga/holga_samples.htm

Plus this:

http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/landscapes/dp.htm

"Old No. 1" and "Mum's Yard" were shot on Sunday, and were subject to
somewhat unusual processing  I call it "Dektol Cola" because the very
ancient Dektol I used was the color of cola once mixed up. I just mizxed up
a gallon of D19 that is the same color...

"Public Hunting Area" was shot a few weeks ago in the Hoga with the 645
baffle removed. I mis-read the APX 100 label and developed the roll in D76
at 68 degrees but at  the time for 72 degrees - a fortuitous mistake since
the light leak in the upper right would of been overwhelming otherwise. I
went back to using the baffle because the leak is so bad (as seen in later,
properly developed rolls), but have a 6x6 baffle on the way.

I love the Holga but have a couple of new toy cameras on the way.  One is an
Argus TLR, the other is an old 120 TLR modified for pinhole use. Tons of
fun, though I have to find some 620 spools for the Argus (assuming it
actually works once it arrives.)

Someday I'll abandon the Holga, and learn how to take sharp photos.

- MCC


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----- Original Message ----- From: "Henri Toivonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 5:38 PM
Subject: Holga




So, I'm thinking of buying one of those cheap-ass plastic-fantastic

cameras.

After surfing some pics from it, I really want one. :-)

Anyone tried one out? Is it much of a hassle to get it to use 35mm film?
What did you pay for it?
Comments?

/Henri








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