Some Holga fun

So I shoot Holga  as well as pinhole and vintage.    I’m not going to blah blah blah about the whole plastic camera thing.  I think they’re great, you might not think so..to each his own.  A word of warning however, shooting 35mm in a Holga or any other plastic camera requires you to to some careful taping on the inside of the camera (not so much on the outside anymore) to avoid scratching the anti-halation layer of your film.  Not a big deal if your just scanning them, but if you plan on printing them traditionally you’ll probably be upset.  The main culprit that seems to scratch a lot of film is the pressure plate that holds the film level against the aperture window.  I use thin felt, seems to w0rk well.

This particular shot was developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 13 min.  Exposure was guestimated.   The image your seeing is the raw image straight from the neg.

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