Monday, January 31, 2005
A couple of weeks ago I lost out on two separate ebay auctions for beautiful Canonets. I took that as a sign and have decided to follow another avenue--the pinhole camera. I still plan to get the Canonet, probably in a couple of months. The Canonet has a 40mm lens which is almost the same wide angle as a holga with the 6x6 format. For a pinhole camera I'm deciding between a pinholga, naturally, or a Zero Image 6x6. The Zero Image is a little more expensive and has a super wide angle--which might just be too wide. The pinholga has a f/215 pinhole, which is substantially smaller than the Zero Image and the equivalent of a 26mm wide angle on a 35mm camera. One of the things that bothers me with the pinhole cameras is getting too blurry of a picture ( I know that probably sounds moronic, but it's true--I have a certain look or image that I want). The f/215 aperture seems pretty cool. The other thing about the pinholga is it's a holga. I've been wanting to order a modified holga from Randy at Holgamods.com for awhile. He's great, he sent me a shutter spring once, when I was having shutter problems, no charge.
If I get the pinholga and I like the pinhole thing, I could get the Zero Image 6x9 camera somewhere down the road. I can see some fun Lake Superior images with that.
Yes, I will still be shooting with the regular holgas, I'm not giving them up, just adding another weapon.
If I get the pinholga and I like the pinhole thing, I could get the Zero Image 6x9 camera somewhere down the road. I can see some fun Lake Superior images with that.
Yes, I will still be shooting with the regular holgas, I'm not giving them up, just adding another weapon.
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