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120 Film for Holga.
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Well I finally decided to buy one of these things, so I ordered the standard 120N from a dealer on Ebay.
I need to order some film..and I’ve looked on 7Dayshop and there seems to be quite a lot of different 120 film.
Any hints or tips on which is the best type of film to go for. From what I’ve read here I’m already thinking that at least 400 ASA film would be wise.
Robbie
8)Here you go Robbie.. asked the exact same question a while back:
https://www.photographyireland.net/viewtopic.php?t=18879&highlight=holga
J
Cheers guys.
John, 7Dayshop still have the Neopan 5 roll pack for £7 or thereabouts..so I might pick up a pack.
Did you ever do anything with the Holga? Don’t recall seeing you post anything from it…?
me?
nope, I have 10 rolls of expired hp5 in the freezer and I still have to think if selling them or buying a holga!!!
(as an advice, pick more than 5 rolls…)I took it out of the box… looked at it… and put it back in.
JTS was going to give me the Dummies Guide to the Holga on the Mournes but as you know I didn’t make it… so it remains boxed.
J
Nah Gizzo..sorry..I meant NFL… :wink:
John..what’s to learn..just load the film..point and press the shutter and hope for the best…;-)
Seems the most difficult part is getting it developed and printed..it can be expensive. I’m not ready to go down the self develop/print road yet…gonna play around with it and run a few rolls through it and send ’em to Gunnes or Illfords for dev/printing.
Then it will probably end up in the box on a shelf like yours … :D
Still..ya gotta give it a go right.
It’s just a case of understanding… especially the focusing… and inserting and removing the film. If you’re like me you’ll f= it up.
It’s not like digital where you can go John Rambo in Afghanistan… if you’re going to go to the hassle of having your chemist develop film, which for me is a hassle, I prefer to do things right the first time.
i’ve used both neopan 400 and kodak 400tmy-2.
once you use a 400 speed film during the day.(not too close to dawn or dusk) the dynamic range should be enough for a reasonable negative at this time of year.
beyond that you have to know whether you want a high or low contrast image. the kodak seems to give a higher contrast negative from the developer that i use(ilfosol 3) but again the developer that is used will also affect the density and contrast of the image.
don’t forget you can always push and pull the iso of the film, especially with traditional black and white films.
I’ve only ever used a Holga for one day-
liked it a lot-
I think it was one of the glass lens ones, not sure-I used Tri-X, was pleased with the results-
j
thommac wrote:
don’t forget you can always push and pull the iso of the film, especially with traditional black and white films.
Does this mean using a higher or lower ISO setting on the camera than the film Thommac?
What are the benefits/dangers of doing that? Is there a limit?
you can essentially rate the film as a higher or lower iso.
the danger is it may cause larger grain and lower contrast.
the benefit is that if you can only get a certain speed of film and you need a higher or lower iso (the holga is very limited with regards to exposure control, your iso selection is essentially it),
you can still shoot.some films react better to this process then others do.
it’s not something i make a habit of, but have found it useful on occasion, both with 35mm and 120 film.
Cheers Thomac…I did a little research and found out that Ilford XP2 film (C41) can be used across a range of ISO on the same roll without any major adverse affects.
Not sure yet if there is a 120 version of this though.
Strangely, the special offer 5 pack 120 films have disappeared from the 7dayshop site.
Maybe they were getting too popular.
I’ve got 5pack in Gunn’s for the price of 4 last week, but I don’t remember how much was it.
First roll I’ve ran through Holga was superia x-tra 400 so I’ll see :)
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