I finally took my Holga 120 TLR out for a test drive this weekend and shot my first roll of 120 film. It was pretty strange jumping from the digital convenience of the Canon 5D with beautiful glass to the limitations of a toy film camera with a plastic lens. It’s not just the fact that...
Last week I modified my Holga before taking it out for my first toy camera photo adventure! The purpose of this modification was to expand the image on the negative, increasing the vignette and fuzziness around the edges of my photographed image, and also increasing the amount of light leaks onto the image in order...
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Soooooooooooo cool!!!
These all look great!
So you were able to get the film out without ripping it in half? Well aren’t you fancy…
Kristense – It is a tricky little monster. You definitely want to make sure after your last shot to advance the film even more for awhile until the roll has completely been advanced onto one side of the camera. As you keep turning the knob to advance the film you’ll suddenly feel it become loose. Advance it a couple turns more to make sure. Then when you open the Holga, the film should be completely rolled to one side. Then it’s just a matter of jiggling the roll out. Make sure to keep the roll tight. I wrapped mine up in tinfoil to keep dust and light from it until I got to the lab.