mkphotographer
22-01-2011, 2:41pm
Hey guys,
I recently made the big decision to butcher the old Holga that sits on the shelf collecting dust, stripping the lens from the body and after a little filing and grinding (along with a custom vignette tube) got together a working lens that remained adjustable to focus from about 2 metres to pretty sharp throughout.
I just wondered, how many others have had a go at this and how did their results fare?
Some might say that it's pointless to strip the lens from a medium format toy camera just to put it onto a digital full frame SLR - I partly agree however cost of film and developing compared to a digital alternative on the D3 was too much to ignore!
If you did it - how did YOU do it?
http://www.mkphotographer.com/linkedimages/holga.jpg
I recently made the big decision to butcher the old Holga that sits on the shelf collecting dust, stripping the lens from the body and after a little filing and grinding (along with a custom vignette tube) got together a working lens that remained adjustable to focus from about 2 metres to pretty sharp throughout.
I just wondered, how many others have had a go at this and how did their results fare?
Some might say that it's pointless to strip the lens from a medium format toy camera just to put it onto a digital full frame SLR - I partly agree however cost of film and developing compared to a digital alternative on the D3 was too much to ignore!
If you did it - how did YOU do it?
http://www.mkphotographer.com/linkedimages/holga.jpg