holga

[momogoesemocore]

could anybody here please tell me what the letters behind the name exactly mean? f is for flash and g is for glass lens but what does s or n mean ? so confusing....

[Mr. Pickles]

Latinbob ought to know. He is the resident Holga expert around here. He will be along soon and let ya know.

[Latinbob]

Originally Posted by momogoesemocore

could anybody here please tell me what the letters behind the name exactly mean? f is for flash and g is for glass lens but what does s or n mean ? so confusing....

The lettering can be confusing. The S was the old plastic lens Holga, and the N is the newer one. The N has a tripod mount and bulb mode that the S lacked. The N also has interchangeable 6x6 and 6x4.5 masks.

The G does mean it has a glass lens, and those are usually called Wocas instead of Holgas. There is also the F for flash and CF for color flash, which has a nifty built-in color wheel so you can change the flash color.

If you are in the market for a Holga, you might also check out what Randy Smith at www.holgamods.com is offering. He goes through the Holga and does some modifications to make it more useable. They are fun cameras to use. Please let me know if you need any more information. I love Holgas!

[Shortie]

I am happy some one found out I tried google but nothing came up

[Latinbob]

Another fun thing you can do with a Holga is run 35mm film through it and make panoramas. You have to tape up the film counter window and guesstimate the next frame location, but the results are unique.
Here are a couple of my cat Hector. I think I used a Nikon SB-800 flash for these, which is worth about 20 times as much as the camera!<br>

[Mr. Pickles]

Hey, those are pretty cool. The Holga images are different and have no really comparison almost. Are the green and red streaks on the film, or a by product of what you were doing?

And you know, now somebody is gonna want a PS action or template to put them sprocket holes on thei digital images now.

And you're gonna force Blinky to go get one of these Holgas, aren't ya?

[Latinbob]

The lines are a by-product of scanning. I need to try slide film too, but it is much less forgiving. I think Blinky needs a Holga. You do too. They are fun!

[Mr. Pickles]

I can't get a holga. I have no room in the kitchen to develop the film. Have to come over to your kitchen

[Blinky]

Originally Posted by Mr. Pickles

Hey, those are pretty cool. The Holga images are different and have no really comparison almost. Are the green and red streaks on the film, or a by product of what you were doing?

And you know, now somebody is gonna want a PS action or template to put them sprocket holes on thei digital images now.

And you're gonna force Blinky to go get one of these Holgas, aren't ya?

You're right, he is... a Lubi too. I'll have to set my darkroom backup and buy another stinkin' scanner... Cuz you know what? I don't care who you are, that's photography right there.

Alright LB, no more low key, slippin'em in there. Start some threads with this stuff. Let's see whatcha got.

You have a wickedly creative mind...

Chip

[Mr. Pickles]

Yeah Latinbob. Blinky knows you got some wickedly cool stuff hidden back. Maybe even an award winner?

[Amaoricangirl]

Howd you scan in your 35mm holga film?

[Latinbob]

Originally Posted by Amaoricangirl

Howd you scan in your 35mm holga film?

I have a Canon CanoScan 9900F flatbed scanner that will scan medium format film. I put the 35mm film in the slot where the MF film usually goes. I put it right on the glass of the scanner and placed the plastic film mask on top of it to keep it from moving.

[Amaoricangirl]

do you know if your film holders are anything like the canoscan 8400f's film holders. I tried to put my 35mm in the medium format holder to scan it but no such luck. So you put the negs on t he glass, and then put the film holder over top?

[Latinbob]

My film holders should be very similar. You tried the same thing I did at first, and you are correct that you can't just put the 35mm in the slot for the MF film. Try putting the film directly on the glass, then put the holder right on top of it, like you said.

If you get those weird "newton rings" when you scan, flip the film over and put the non-shiny side against the glass. You can reverse it in software later.

Scan it like it is MF and you can get the sprocket holes that way. Let me know if you get stuck and I'll see if I can help more. I think these types of scans look really cool, and they are worth the effort!

[Amaoricangirl]

Totally! I was bummed because last summer I shot a roll, but couldnt scan it in on my scanner, and everyone else I knew that was scanning theirs was using an epson.

Now I just have to track down where that film went.... or shoot new

[prophotoimages]

Speaking of "Holga" you can also get them from Freestyle Camera in California for about $19.95. These are fun little 120 film cameras.

[prophotoimages]

A new addition to the "Holga" line is that there is now a 35mm back for this camera along with a new polaroid back which takes the new 690 film.

[Latinbob]

Interesting! Where did you hear about the new Holga backs? I might need one of each of those!