Go Holga - How to use 35mm Film in Your Holga Camera

[romanovitch75]

Every time I'm loading film into one of my Holgas, this song pops into my head now... (^_^)

[xODIDDYx]

this is a holga 120? if so, then thanks. i have a 120 and i didnt know you can put 135film

[kaneornament]

how can you know if how many shots will you take?? 

[BAcaferacer]

What song is this? Super cool....

[DomisaurxRawr]

Did you use the 6x6 mask? I couldn't tell. :]

[GregN456]

My brother and I were talking about shooting 35 in my holga, and I was thinking about doing redscale type stuff with it too. We, through our conversation figured out that if you just put the film cartage in backwards/upside down, you could redscale your film without cutting the end and flipping it, or buying that expensive garbage lomography sells.

Just figured I'd share...sorry if I was explaining the obvious ;)

[jollyrancher987]

how would you get the film out .-. ?

[fransonico]

when you talk about 36 "clicks", what do you mean? to wheel it 36 times?

im not english, so i dont understand that hahaha

[jollyrancher987]

@fransonico when you turn the film advance wheel, it clicks. turn it till you hear that 36 times (:

[fransonico]

When you said you use 36 clicks, what do you mean for "clicks"?

I don't know enoguh English to understand it D:

ahahaha

[jackjackjackadav]

Your putting foam in there. Just buy 160 film bro

[SpamSpammity]

Or you could just buy a $10 35mm back from Amazon.

[Goholga]

@SpamSpammity Yes you could do that, but you won't get the exposure around the sproket holes, which is the best thing about shooting 35mm in this way. You also lose $10 as well ;-)

[U23Drocs]

@Goholga actually you can buy a 135 adapter for the whole negative i think

[lttomoe87]

What if you have no spool for the 35mm film?

[Goholga]

Go to your lab and get one or buy a pack off ebay or something.

[sarkastik1990]

after loading it,

1)shoot!

2)advance>>how do we know the second frame and so on before we continue shooting again?

SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH~ :D

[Goholga]

I usually just use 36 clicks of the Holga wheel. Some people have said thats too much but it works fine for me!

[sarkastik1990]

thanks...do yout have flickr account,i really want to see your holg arts:D

[ManBearPig003]

How do you find is the best way to unload the film?

I don't own a holga yet but I'm looking forward to giving this a go ...

[Goholga]

Just make sure you do it in the dark. Take it out of the camera and then wind it back in using the top of the 35mm canister. Hope that helps.

[djjoseph]

hi!! do i need to turn on the flash when taking pictures using holga 120 cfn?im a noob

[Goholga]

Nope. only in low light conditions!

[lekasha08]

i love the music you use on your tutorials

[Goholga]

thankyou ^_^

[kojak1969]

Too complicated, I'll stick to the 120.

[Goholga]

its honestly not that bad once you have it loaded, and the results can be breath taking. Its definitely something I think every Holga user should try at least once :)

[lildutchguy]

pfffft its easy.

[adzab]

hey man, can you make a video on how to do aperture mod? i really need this on video. cause i didnt get the instructions and picture though. thanks a lot!

[adzab]

sure. ;]

my holga doesnt vignettes a alot.

i've done velcro, velcro over the counter window. taping my holga front and back.

is there any other way to increase vignette? im not using the mask, and i tape the inside. thanks

[Goholga]

consider completing the aperture mod and maybe using a lower film speed. That will help a lot!

[adzab]

thanks, now i know.

will make a video shooting panaroma sometimes?

[Goholga]

maybe yeah, thanks for the suggestion. I've not actually done it before!

thanks for the comment :)

[iknowmrsmorphine]

36 CLICKS??? I THOUGHT IT WAS 18-20??

other than that, i really learned alot today ^_^

[Goholga]

I've always used 36 but they get gradually further away. There is a guide on how to make them all an equal length apart but I've never bothered for some reason.

Thanks for the comment ;)

[lildutchguy]

Its 36 if you're using not mask or the 6x6 mask.

If you are using the 35mm mask it is +-12 clicks.