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QUESTION:

Do you have any experience with using/transforming Holgas into a Pinhole. I am a teacher and would like some info. and maybe a course guideline?

-- Beth

MS. BATES'S ANSWER:

Hi there Beth,
I haven't pinholed a Holga yet, but I recently had a long talk with Kevin Finney, who makes pinhole body caps for many different cameras, and he seemed interested in tackling the problem.

To do it yourself, you'd just need to remove the lens barrel and replace it with an opaque covering with a pinhole in it. You can calculate the shutter speed versus pinhole size using the formulas in the many pinhole books or websites available. Distance between pinhole and film plane shouldn't be a problem because of the great depth of field pinholes provide.

If you are interested in using low cost materials for cameras, you can use anything from cardboard boxes to match boxes to make pinhole cameras!

Good luck!
Michelle