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Create a Digital Holga

Jun 18, 2010 by Udi Tirosh Leave a Comment

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Create a Digital HolgaFrenzy over at Instructalbes came up with a neat way to convert your SLR into a Holga.

A Holga is a very popular plastic toy camera that shoots 120 medium format films. It is known for its plastic looks and its amazing ability to provide inconsistent images.

the idea is very much similar to the Altoids pinhole we featured a few days ago. It uses the same mechanism – a body cup with attachment replaces the lens. Only this time Frenzy did not use a pinhole made from Altoids, he used a Holga lens.

The build process is fairly simple and mostly consists of taking the Holga apart and stealing its lens. Then the lens is mounted on the body cup.

Here is how the final camera with the Holga lens looks like looks like

Create a Digital Holga

And here is a sample shot

Create a Digital Holga

:: Step by step Digital Holga

If you know if anything else cool that you can mount of a body cup, hit us in the comments.

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About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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