How To Change A Holga 35mm Adaptor To A Panoramic 35mm Adaptor
The other day I found The front of a Holga 120 camera whilst roaming the city. It had obviously been outside for a while and the battery contacts for the flash were missing but it still seemed to be in pretty good working order, just missing the back.
I had always wanted to convert one of these into a 35mm Panoramic camera and even though you can buy adaptors that will do this, without the sprocket holes, I wanted to make it go all the way to the edge of the film so that the sprocket holes were in the image.
The only adaptor I could get was a standard 35mm one which just had a 36mmx24mm cut out. Below is how I adapted the adaptor 🙂
Shot from the camera after it had been converted.
This was the part that I found with no back and the flash not working
It was missing the back, which made it pretty unusable.
This is the 35mm adaptor I bought which had a back and a film holding plate.
The only 2 tools required for the conversion… A flat file and a saw (mine had a jewellers blade which lets you cut 360 degrees rather than just straight)
After it had been cut out and the plate filed smooth.
The adaptor plate in the camera.
Film loaded and ready to go.
Lots of insulation tape.
The 35mm adaptor came with a sticker that you put on the frame advance knob. I advance the film 2 frames instead of 1 for each shot.
This is why I ended up using so much insulation tape on the back of the camera. Some people like this effect but I would rather not have it 🙂
End result… I scanned it on my CanoScan 9000F Scanner which scans 120 film by just laying it on the scanner bed… Im going to make a custom scanner mask to hold the film flat sometime in the future 🙂
Enjoy
Japanese Festival Drumming
A couple of weeks ago I came across this Japanese festival in Civic Square while randomly walking round. The drummers were just setting up so I stuck around to shoot a few pictures…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Half Frame Church
The last few shots from my Canon Demi S before it died… I keep meaning to try and fix it but haven’t managed to get the time and lack of small people required 🙂
This is the St James Presbyterian Church in Newtown which was just declared an earthquake risk a couple of weeks ago…
Holga Panos
Another test roll through the Holga I found and adapted into a 35mm pano camera… I’m liking how these are looking… Next might have to try colour negative…
Holga 120 with Custom Pano cut out for 35mm, Ilford Delta 100 (Expired), CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Tulip
I have been hanging out at the Wellington Botanical Gardens a bit lately… The spring festival is in full swing and lets just say that its a target rich environment for all sorts of different photography…
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Rolleinar 1, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Im Back :)
Yay I managed to make my computer work again!
I was just getting my camera out of its bag when these two danced past which is why they aren’t closer… Its been that kind of week 🙂
Nikon F5, 50mm f1.8 Lens, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 900F Scanner.
Legs On Willis Street
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Plane Trails
A few more night shots from Palmers Head overlooking the Wellington Airport.
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Road Works
Corner of Manners and Victoria Streets… Is it just me or do they look slightly guilty of something?
Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Holga Pano Test Roll
A couple of weeks ago Fergus found the front half of a Holga while we were doing a bit of urban exploring, He gave it to me and I decided to custom it using a 35mm adaptor. The adaptor I bought was only for single frame 35mm so I cut it out so that it would be panoramic all the way to the edge of the film.
This is the first roll I put through it which was 7 years expired… I still need to make a custom scanning mask so the film doesn’t curl up at the ends…
Holga 120 with Custom cut out 135mm adaptor, Fuji Velvia 100F Film (expired 2005) Cross Processed, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
Jacked
Dont see this happening round here much and this was on a pretty busy road… Must have been some real nice wheels!
Image 1 Nikonos V with 35mm f2 Lens, Image2, 3, 4 Rolleiflex 2.8 E, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film, CanoScan 9000F Scanner.
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