'Rangefinder' Focusing with the Holga 135

Ever wanted to quickly focus the Holga without looking away from the finder? Now you can with this quick tipster!

I always liked shooting with the Holga 135 and 120, but the fact that you couldn’t quickly focus without looking away from the viewfinder meant I was restricted to pre-focused pictures (which isn’t all that bad).

I took advantage of the “flaw” in which the barrel of the lens was visible in the finder by attaching little ‘flags’ of tape on the 6 foot and 18 foot marks so they would be visible through the finder as I focused. I didn’t bother with the 3 foot and 30-infinity foot marks, because turning the barrel all the way brought you to that focal length.

written by robotmonkey1996 on 2012-08-22 #gear #tutorials #film #rangefinder #camera #viewfinder #tape #tipster #lomography #holga-135 #mod #quick-tipster #camera-modification