Copying the way your eyes work, this two-lens Holga produces amazing 3D shots.
image from here
You thought you were looking funny in the street with your Holga? Well, try to walk around with that thing, and you’ll discover that you can feel even lonelier… Anyway, we, Lomographers don’t care about our style, but more about our shots.
One day, my friend Ramon sent me a link to an e-bay auction for a weird double Holga. I was since a long time ago interested in stereo-photography, and I had already discussed about it with jeremix who found some stereo-photographs among old shots from his grand-father. So as a normal Lomo-addict I felt I needed one. I bought it (putting once again my girlfriend into a logical state of confusion/desperation).
So what is it? It’s a stereo-camera made out of two Holgas stuck together. Two glass lenses and two colour-wheel flashes… Just like two Holga GCFN side by side, lovely. How does it work? It is based on the concept of visual triangulation, or stereoscopy. Like our own eyes. With our two distant eyes (we’re supposed to have a nose between them), we see two images from two different positions, and then our brain fusions the two images in one 3D image. With a stereo camera it’s the same. Two shots are taken simultaneously and after, you use a kind of goggles in which you put your slides. When you put your eyes inside the goggles, with a light source behind, and as each eye is looking to one different slide, your brain, again fusions them into one. And it’s absolutely amazing! It makes you feel you’re looking at a motionless reality… Just like a Wachowski effect (or chaweemek’s crazy videos)… It’s not possible to reproduce it on paper or internet, but there’s a way around: you just make an animated gif of the two shots alternatively appearing… It results in a flashing image that kind of reproduces the 3D effect… But it’s definitely not as cool as when you look your slides through the goggles…
And of course, as it is a Holga, you can do all the usual crazy stuff, multiple exposures (with crazy combinations, because you can shoot with one lens covered and the other uncovered…), bulb, color flash and so on… I even tried it with two fisheye adaptors and it works fine… I played also with a flashlight in the dark, and despite the absence of background for visual reference, it is still ok. Note that the 3D effect is more intense if the subject is close.
Lomo on.
P.S.: some rater’s shots of the Stereo Holga in action: here and here
You can check out other Holga goodness here
56 comments
stouf
Well... The gifs are not working... Anyone could fix that ? Please ?
lomosexual_manboy
Wow, so awesome as always Stouf. I'm seeing a review of the week here.
superlighter
wow! the gif #5 it's effectively 3menDous!
severin
wow this is amazing
spendospend
i saw an ebay auction for some of these aswell, but did not think anything of it, im amazed at the outcome
thanks for sharing :)
mattcharnock
omfg - thats incredible - i want - iwant - iwant!
scootiepye
funktastic !
rater
Yeah! That is great!! As always, a great success!
grenoouille
C'est génial!!! Les gifs sont délirants!!!
adbigmilk
C'est trop fort !!
tommynorth
THAT IS RAD TO THE POWER OF SICK
zulupt
Great review and shots!!!! Awesome!
I got a software to make the two fotos in just one so you can see it with 3D glasses, do you want it?
vicuna
AMAZING!!!!!!
maddyoulook
holllyyy cheese
stouf
Yeah ! So it works for you guys !!! Thanks for all the comments ! And I'd like to thank Ron Cruz for his patience and all his answers to my requests about this review ! Cheers everyone and LOMO ON !
lomodirk
WOW!
stinketier
Woah that's awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oldskool_rider
wow!!
coca
wow!!!!! amazing!!!!!!!
lomographics
great pictures
tracyvmoore
OMG!!!!! this is the COOLEST thing I have EVER SEEN. Your shots are amazing! Thank you thank you thank you for posting this and sharing it. You just made my whole month. ;-)
cruzron
w00t!
sumlom
WOWOWOWOW! cool!
stoonja
Waou !!! Excellent !!!!!!!
mandashitley
pardon my lang. but fugging badhass.
mandashitley
Give this guy one hundred thousand piggies.
larslau
Soooo great!!
kylewis
Hey! great work stouf, was wondering what these would turn out like, have you got stereo glasses as well?
stouf
Woo some more comments !
@ tracyvmoore, thanks a lot ! If you want I can send you by mail all my animated GIFs... ; ))...
@ mandashitley, Aha ! Great idea !...
@ kylewis, Yes I have stereo glasses, but it's not the green/red thing, it's just making you seeing each of the two shots with each of your two eyes... And it's really incredible, pure 3D !!!... Thanks again everyone !!! LOMO ON !!!
stouf
Woo some more comments !
@ tracyvmoore, thanks a lot ! If you want I can send you by mail all my animated GIFs... ; ))...
@ mandashitley, Aha ! Great idea !...
@ kylewis, Yes I have stereo glasses, but it's not the green/red thing, it's just making you seeing each of the two shots with each of your two eyes... And it's really incredible, pure 3D !!!... Thanks again everyone !!! LOMO ON !!!
stouf
Woo some more comments !
@ tracyvmoore, thanks a lot ! If you want I can send you by mail all my animated GIFs... ; ))...
@ mandashitley, Aha ! Great idea !...
@ kylewis, Yes I have stereo glasses, but it's not the green/red thing, it's just making you seeing each of the two shots with each of your two eyes... And it's really incredible, pure 3D !!!... Thanks again everyone !!! LOMO ON !!!
breakphreak
no limits for the lo-fi imagination :) fuNNy :)
breakphreak
no limits for the lo-fi imagination :) fuNNy :)
breakphreak
no limits for the lo-fi imagination :) fuNNy :)
stouf
The rest of the gallery is here :
http://xtupload.com/(…)hp?fid=1254#
lomo on
kylethefrench
amazing
weechonghooi
It's fun~!!!
abcdefuck
...absolutely fantastic!
zulupt
he name of hte softwaer is: stphmkre and you can download it here http://files.filefro(…)leinfo.html
zulupt
Uups sorry for the mispelling!!!
The name of the software is Stphmakre and you can download it here: http://files.filefro(…)leinfo.html
Have fun!!!
-kosmonavt-
wow! awsome review & great camera :)
u-t-e
I'M SCARED BY SHOT NUMBER FIVE!!!! This is incredibly great! I didn't know that something like this was even possible! Nice explanation and even nicer sample shots! Congratulations!
disdis
GREAT REVIEW STOUF AND BETTER GIFS.
liquidpapercut
Those shots are incredible!
azurblue
C'est grandiose !
eyecon
These are soo great! Congratulations - always when you think it can´t get better then somebody is coming out with a new creative idea!
goldie
wow, I´m speechless
spendospend
just amazing, stouf u are an insparation t us all, u deff set the standards!!!!1 :)
i now know never t submit a cam review the same week as u hahaha
congrats!!!!!!
stouf
Wawawiwa ! So many nice comments ! Thanks everyone, you made me so happy ! Lomo love to you all.
kernow_and_cambria
Saw this on Ebay a while back. Wasnt sure what it would do. Turns out its pretty cool!
mephisto19
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ilovemydiana
holy crap no way.
jimw08
Well done man. The last one works a treat. I've just seen my new camera.
caroni
GREAT !!!!
glenn
excellent
rocio_