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Turn Your Holga Into a PinHolga

Sunday, July 6th, 2008 Posted in Hack | 2 Comments »

This post will explain how you can turn your holga camera into a pinhole camera or a pinholga. The great thing is its really easy to do, and doesn't require any previous knowledge of using pinhole cameras! You will need: A ...

Old Camera Hacked With Holga Lens

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Hack | No Comments »

I just found this interesting tutorial video on YouTube. It demonstrates how an old camera body can be merged with a Holga lens. It also shows examples of the pictures that he got and some other hacking ideas! I thought ...

A More Substantial Lens Cap

Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Hack | No Comments »

I know that many of you Holga users out there ditch the lens cap as soon as it comes out of the box, I for one did the same. Interestingly though, I just discovered that my Pentax lens cap works perfectly, ...

Hack Your Digital SLR With a Holga lens

Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Hack | 2 Comments »

I've noticed lately, that a lot of people are attempting to hack their digital cameras in order to accommodate the plastic Holga lens. I would like to point out that I am not a fan of this idea as I ...

Using Your Holga Underwater

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Hack | 5 Comments »

Because of the cheap nature of the Holga and the lack of electronics, many people are willing to take the chance of using it underwater. If the bag splits you can just dry it out! 1.All you need to be able ...

A Very Basic Cable Release

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Hack | 5 Comments »

I was messing around with my Holga camera last night and I thought to myself, "Whats the easiest and cheapest way to make a cable release system for my Holga?" This is what I came up with: Yeah you have probably already ...

35mm In Lubitel 166b TLR

Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Hack | No Comments »

Of course, this is not on the theme of Holga cameras, but it is a Lomo. Is it possible to use 35mm in a Lubitel 166b? Hans, a user of a photography group on myspace (classic cameras) asked me if its ...

Clamp Shutter release for Bulb Photographs!

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in Hack | 2 Comments »

I just found this excellent way of keeping your shutter open when you want a long exposure. Its on flickr and here is the picture. Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/burnblue/303010051/ There is some talk in the comments about buying a hacked Holga from http://holgamods.com, but ...

How to Use 35mm Film In Your Holga

Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in Hack | 10 Comments »

Being able to use 35mm film in your Holga camera is easier than you think. Here is a step by step guide of how to hack your Holga so that it works correctly. Admittedly, I was going to make a video ...