On 1/14/07, Mat Maessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/14/07, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm a big fan of Holgas and other toy cameras. The other day I pulled a > > lens off a Holga, drilled a hole in a Pentax K body cap, and glued the > > lens into place. As a result, my K mount bodies are now focus-free and > > have that nice Holga-ish look that comes from using a single element > > plastic lens. > > Looks like your holga lens is sharper than the one on my Holga. I've > been tempted to hack up the camera and glue the lens to a body cap. > Maybe I'll try and track down another Holga to frankenstein. Anyone on > the list got one they'd be willing to part with? :-) > Mat, I don't have a spare, but if you want I'll bring mine to GFM along with a few tools and we can have a holgafication workshop. That way everyone can try it out and decide if they want to drop twenty bucks to get one of their own. Just don't tell my mother-in-law. She gave me the Holga for Christmas last year. :-S
Mark, The photos are great. It's amazing that even on an APS sensor the light fall off is still noticeable. What size hole did you drill in the body cap? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
