Classic Cars
Month: August 2019
Holga 120WPC
The Holga 120WPC is a panoramic pinhole camera that takes 6, 6×12 images on a roll of 120 film. Standard cheap plastic construction typical of Holga cameras. A good idea to tape the camera shut with duct tape. Many of these cameras have a problem with excessive vignetting which can usually be solved by widening the opening around the pinhole. The camera is capable of producing surprisingly good images.
Expired Film
Recently I purchased at a garage sale, about 1000 ft of expired 35mm bulk color slide film. All of it had expired in the 1990s. The majority of it was Kodak SO 366 slide duplication film and because I had the most it, I decided to test it first. The box speed was ISO 20 but I made a series of exposures at ISO 10 and film was cross processed in C41 chemistry. The results show that the film is still usable and I plan to use it in my pinhole cameras.
Quiet Light
The following images are from an ongoing series entitled “Quiet Light”.
Zero Image 2000
Zero Image 2000
The Zero Image 2000 was the first commercially produced camera that I purchased. Using 120 film and made of teak and brass, it is still my favourite camera. The 25 mm focal length matches my way of seeing and the images it produces are very sharp. It is a little fiddly to load and in certain light conditions, it can be hard to see the frame numbers through the red window, but all in all, a great camera.
