Homeless Holga: Formerly "Anyone fancy trying something daft ???" - Page 11

RaglanSurf · 23-02-2012, 16:59

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Originally Posted by TheBigYin

How about you and Sarah swap places ? that way we can keep John Mc in place as our "film change" person, and you get a couple of people's worth of delay before the camera arrives ??

Sounds perfect, thanks Mark

SarahLee · 24-02-2012, 17:00

Sounds good to me - I was expecting a much longer wait for my turn.

TheBigYin · 24-02-2012, 20:51 **Thread Starter**

Well - if both parties are happy with it, it makes sense to me, the hardest bit of scheduling all this was making sure that our film-change people were 120-fluent - and as the camera's apparently getting more and more knackered as the journey continues, having someone who can patch up / bodge together the camera when the film is swapped is getting more critical it seems

big soft moose · 26-02-2012, 16:02

hi ho holga people - I've just found the lens cap. If TBY could pm me the address for whoever is the current custodian (or maybe the next in line given the erm 'speed' of our post) i'll post it on to reunite it with Helga

edit: Address recieved from TBY - sean should soon receive a lens cap through the post hopefully 'slightly' faster than helga got to crewe

Thmaga · 26-02-2012, 20:14

Im done with the Holga now, not sure about how the shutter speed is mind you... think that switch at the bottom is nackered!

Im posting the camera tomorrow so best post the cap onto the next person! Which is Sarah?

big soft moose · 26-02-2012, 20:20

Okay i'll send the lens cap to sarah instead - best laid plans of moose...

SarahLee · 26-02-2012, 21:24

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Originally Posted by Thmaga

Im done with the Holga now, not sure about how the shutter speed is mind you... think that switch at the bottom is nackered!

Im posting the camera tomorrow so best post the cap onto the next person! Which is Sarah?

Just replied to your PM with my address Sean.
Hopefully Royal Mail will be gentle and she'll arrive safe & sound and still in one piece.

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Originally Posted by big soft moose

Okay i'll send the lens cap to sarah instead - best laid plans of moose...

PM on its way to you with my address Pete

SarahLee · 03-03-2012, 12:51

Helga arrived safely this morning . . . followed half an hour later by our regular postie with the lens cap.

So all's well, camera and lens cap are reunited and I just need to find something to photograph

Thmaga · 04-03-2012, 12:11

The sheet of paper with the list of participants is also on its way to you Sarah, I forgot to put it in the box!

SarahLee · 07-03-2012, 17:18

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Originally Posted by Thmaga

The sheet of paper with the list of participants is also on its way to you Sarah, I forgot to put it in the box!

Arrived today.

Thanks Sean.

SarahLee · 26-03-2012, 17:05

Sorry to hold things up guys - work has just gone absolutely mental over the last 2 weeks (typical timing!)

I'll be getting my photos this weekend and then I'll be ready to pass it on.

TheBigYin · 26-03-2012, 20:13 **Thread Starter**

No worries Sarah, take whatever time it takes to get the photo's you want to get... it's not as if it's been a particularly strict timetable up until now, is it

In a forum renowned for it's slackness (check the owning companies name if you don't get it!), well - F&C is the slow bit.

THE-BIG-MAN-SAYS · 26-03-2012, 20:50

Mark...

Can you add my name to this thanks...

STEVIER

TheBigYin · 26-03-2012, 20:53 **Thread Starter**

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Originally Posted by THE-BIG-MAN-SAYS

Mark...

Can you add my name to this thanks...

STEVIER

I think originally we had a waiting list for Helga's second tour, but to be honest what I've decided is that at the end of the tour, We're going to have a "one shot each" competition, and whoever gets the most votes gets the camera. At that point, any further travelling camera stuff is entirely down to the new owner to organise I reckon, so really, it's not for me to say what'll happen mate...

big soft moose · 26-03-2012, 21:23

Thats assuming of course that helga hasnt reduced herself to a random assortment of plastic bits before then

TheBigYin · 26-03-2012, 21:24 **Thread Starter**

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Originally Posted by big soft moose

Thats assuming of course that helga hasnt reduced herself to a random assortment of plastic bits before then

There is that of course... poor old dear isn't bearing up too well to the vagaries of the general post office, is she

MisterE · 26-03-2012, 21:34

I'll give her an aviation engineering overhaul when [if?] she gets to me. I've got all manner of glues, tapes, lubricants, Lego etc that we use to keep the planes flying. Not sure she'd take too well to the hammers we have to use though.

TheBigYin · 26-03-2012, 22:15 **Thread Starter**

Problem with working on the camera, Michael - is that it pretty much can only really be done at the end of a roll - unless you're pretty adept at unloading 120 mid-roll, then rewinding and re-loading and returning to the same frame number of course... I'm not bad at working in a darkroom / darkbag, but I'd sooner not risk other peoples shots unless I KNEW the camera was completely Fugazi... Though if anyone at a film changeover point wants to give the camera a bit of a service/tuneup then that would be cool and the gang!

Oh - and there's no need to employ the Edinburgh Socket Set - Holgas pretty much clip together apart from a couple of judiciously placed cross-head screws...

MisterE · 26-03-2012, 23:53

Roll??? What's this roll that you're talking about???

SarahLee · 01-04-2012, 18:59

Right, I'm done and ready to pass over to John.

I'm kind of hoping that everything's still OK with Helga's innards though. The film was very difficult to wind on - I didn't have to "force" it, but it took a lot more effort than I remember from the last time I used a film camera

I'm hoping that's normal for her rather than something starting to get jammed inside.

TheBigYin · 01-04-2012, 20:19 **Thread Starter**

Winding on can get a little "iffy" on that particular camera - it's usually a sign that the paper backing is rubbing a bit on the take-up spool at one of the flanges. Might be an idea to remove the film in a changing bag and make it light tight before sending it to me for processing.

big soft moose · 03-04-2012, 12:22

If helga falls to bits before the rotation is up, I'd be happy to send my holga traveling to the remaining participants (note that due to a cock up in ordering mine is the panoramic pinhole type) - but i don't dev my own film so someone else would need to take that bit on.

TheBigYin · 03-04-2012, 12:25 **Thread Starter**

I doubt it'll come to that Pete, I Think it might just need a bit of TLC between rolls of film tbh...

big soft moose · 03-04-2012, 12:45

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Originally Posted by TheBigYin

I doubt it'll come to that Pete, I Think it might just need a bit of TLC between rolls of film tbh...

probably just as well she's already passed me as i'm of the two tools school of maintenance

Duct Tape - for when it moves when it shouldnt
WD 40 - for when it doesnt move when it should.

If they don't fix it you have correctly diagnosed an electrical fault

TheBigYin · 03-04-2012, 12:53 **Thread Starter**

ah - i'd have thought you were from the school of "percussive maintenance" Pete... Hit it with a hammer. If that doesn't fix it, you need a bigger hammer (known around here as the Castleford Socket Set!)

SarahLee · 05-04-2012, 16:30

Oh Jooooohhhhnnnnn !!!

PM sent to you Sunday - I need your address so that I can send Helga back on her travels

RaglanSurf · 13-04-2012, 07:39

Is Helga on her way?

SarahLee · 14-04-2012, 20:17

Still no contact from John. I've sent 2 PMs in the last fortnight and posted in here.

I'm wondering whether Mark might want to reshuffle the list again, as I'm starting to think he's not going to respond.

TheBigYin · 14-04-2012, 20:25 **Thread Starter**

Well - we need someone who's happy to do the film-swap, but if anyone who's left on the list want's to volunteer, I'm happy with that...

RaglanSurf · 14-04-2012, 20:50

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Originally Posted by TheBigYin

Well - we need someone who's happy to do the film-swap, but if anyone who's left on the list want's to volunteer, I'm happy with that...

I'm fine with the whole film-swap thing if you want to send it my way.

24-02-2012, 17:00	#302
SarahLee Moderator Airs it out for TP Real name : Sarah Location: South Wales Posts: 6,695 Camera: Canon	Sounds good to me - I was expecting a much longer wait for my turn. __________________ Sarah. More TP Challenges and Competitions in HERE

24-02-2012, 20:51 Thread Starter	#303
TheBigYin Moderator Cool! It's like a pea shooter! peown peown Real name : Mark Location: Near the Liquorice Fields Posts: 8,856 Camera: Box with Pinhole in one Side and nut at the other	Well - if both parties are happy with it, it makes sense to me, the hardest bit of scheduling all this was making sure that our film-change people were 120-fluent - and as the camera's apparently getting more and more knackered as the journey continues, having someone who can patch up / bodge together the camera when the film is swapped is getting more critical it seems __________________ Could you be photographer of the year 2013? (with new film sub section) .

26-02-2012, 16:02	#304
big soft moose Loves the place Real name : Pete Location: East Devon Posts: 6,069 Camera: Eos 40D	hi ho holga people - I've just found the lens cap. If TBY could pm me the address for whoever is the current custodian (or maybe the next in line given the erm 'speed' of our post) i'll post it on to reunite it with Helga edit: Address recieved from TBY - sean should soon receive a lens cap through the post hopefully 'slightly' faster than helga got to crewe __________________ The price of garage air has increased substantially in the last ten years , that's inflation for you Last edited by big soft moose; 26-02-2012 at 20:06.

26-02-2012, 20:14	#305
Thmaga Forum Regular Real name : Sean Location: Port Talbot, South Wales Posts: 771 Camera: Canon EOS 450D	Im done with the Holga now, not sure about how the shutter speed is mind you... think that switch at the bottom is nackered! Im posting the camera tomorrow so best post the cap onto the next person! Which is Sarah?

26-02-2012, 20:20	#306
big soft moose Loves the place Real name : Pete Location: East Devon Posts: 6,069 Camera: Eos 40D	Okay i'll send the lens cap to sarah instead - best laid plans of moose...

03-03-2012, 12:51	#308
SarahLee Moderator Airs it out for TP Real name : Sarah Location: South Wales Posts: 6,695 Camera: Canon	Helga arrived safely this morning . . . followed half an hour later by our regular postie with the lens cap. So all's well, camera and lens cap are reunited and I just need to find something to photograph

04-03-2012, 12:11	#309
Thmaga Forum Regular Real name : Sean Location: Port Talbot, South Wales Posts: 771 Camera: Canon EOS 450D	The sheet of paper with the list of participants is also on its way to you Sarah, I forgot to put it in the box!

26-03-2012, 17:05	#311
SarahLee Moderator Airs it out for TP Real name : Sarah Location: South Wales Posts: 6,695 Camera: Canon	Sorry to hold things up guys - work has just gone absolutely mental over the last 2 weeks (typical timing!) I'll be getting my photos this weekend and then I'll be ready to pass it on.

26-03-2012, 20:13 Thread Starter	#312
TheBigYin Moderator Cool! It's like a pea shooter! peown peown Real name : Mark Location: Near the Liquorice Fields Posts: 8,856 Camera: Box with Pinhole in one Side and nut at the other	No worries Sarah, take whatever time it takes to get the photo's you want to get... it's not as if it's been a particularly strict timetable up until now, is it In a forum renowned for it's slackness (check the owning companies name if you don't get it!), well - F&C is the slow bit.

26-03-2012, 20:50	#313
THE-BIG-MAN-SAYS Forum Regular Real name : Stevie Location: Glasgow Posts: 1,026 Camera: Canon 50D & Grip	Mark... Can you add my name to this thanks... STEVIER

26-03-2012, 21:23	#315
big soft moose Loves the place Real name : Pete Location: East Devon Posts: 6,069 Camera: Eos 40D	Thats assuming of course that helga hasnt reduced herself to a random assortment of plastic bits before then

26-03-2012, 21:34	#317
MisterE Feet under the table Real name : Michael Location: Crawley, West Sussex Posts: 2,532 Camera: Canon 5D	I'll give her an aviation engineering overhaul when [if?] she gets to me. I've got all manner of glues, tapes, lubricants, Lego etc that we use to keep the planes flying. Not sure she'd take too well to the hammers we have to use though.

26-03-2012, 22:15 Thread Starter	#318
TheBigYin Moderator Cool! It's like a pea shooter! peown peown Real name : Mark Location: Near the Liquorice Fields Posts: 8,856 Camera: Box with Pinhole in one Side and nut at the other	Problem with working on the camera, Michael - is that it pretty much can only really be done at the end of a roll - unless you're pretty adept at unloading 120 mid-roll, then rewinding and re-loading and returning to the same frame number of course... I'm not bad at working in a darkroom / darkbag, but I'd sooner not risk other peoples shots unless I KNEW the camera was completely Fugazi... Though if anyone at a film changeover point wants to give the camera a bit of a service/tuneup then that would be cool and the gang! Oh - and there's no need to employ the Edinburgh Socket Set - Holgas pretty much clip together apart from a couple of judiciously placed cross-head screws...

26-03-2012, 23:53	#319
MisterE Feet under the table Real name : Michael Location: Crawley, West Sussex Posts: 2,532 Camera: Canon 5D	Roll??? What's this roll that you're talking about???

01-04-2012, 18:59	#320
SarahLee Moderator Airs it out for TP Real name : Sarah Location: South Wales Posts: 6,695 Camera: Canon	Right, I'm done and ready to pass over to John. I'm kind of hoping that everything's still OK with Helga's innards though. The film was very difficult to wind on - I didn't have to "force" it, but it took a lot more effort than I remember from the last time I used a film camera I'm hoping that's normal for her rather than something starting to get jammed inside.

01-04-2012, 20:19 Thread Starter	#321
TheBigYin Moderator Cool! It's like a pea shooter! peown peown Real name : Mark Location: Near the Liquorice Fields Posts: 8,856 Camera: Box with Pinhole in one Side and nut at the other	Winding on can get a little "iffy" on that particular camera - it's usually a sign that the paper backing is rubbing a bit on the take-up spool at one of the flanges. Might be an idea to remove the film in a changing bag and make it light tight before sending it to me for processing.

03-04-2012, 12:22	#322
big soft moose Loves the place Real name : Pete Location: East Devon Posts: 6,069 Camera: Eos 40D	If helga falls to bits before the rotation is up, I'd be happy to send my holga traveling to the remaining participants (note that due to a cock up in ordering mine is the panoramic pinhole type) - but i don't dev my own film so someone else would need to take that bit on.

03-04-2012, 12:25 Thread Starter	#323
TheBigYin Moderator Cool! It's like a pea shooter! peown peown Real name : Mark Location: Near the Liquorice Fields Posts: 8,856 Camera: Box with Pinhole in one Side and nut at the other	I doubt it'll come to that Pete, I Think it might just need a bit of TLC between rolls of film tbh...

03-04-2012, 12:53 Thread Starter	#325
TheBigYin Moderator Cool! It's like a pea shooter! peown peown Real name : Mark Location: Near the Liquorice Fields Posts: 8,856 Camera: Box with Pinhole in one Side and nut at the other	ah - i'd have thought you were from the school of "percussive maintenance" Pete... Hit it with a hammer. If that doesn't fix it, you need a bigger hammer (known around here as the Castleford Socket Set!)

05-04-2012, 16:30	#326
SarahLee Moderator Airs it out for TP Real name : Sarah Location: South Wales Posts: 6,695 Camera: Canon	Oh Jooooohhhhnnnnn !!! PM sent to you Sunday - I need your address so that I can send Helga back on her travels

13-04-2012, 07:39	#327
RaglanSurf Feet under the table Real name : Nick Location: West London Posts: 2,923	Is Helga on her way?

14-04-2012, 20:17	#328
SarahLee Moderator Airs it out for TP Real name : Sarah Location: South Wales Posts: 6,695 Camera: Canon	Still no contact from John. I've sent 2 PMs in the last fortnight and posted in here. I'm wondering whether Mark might want to reshuffle the list again, as I'm starting to think he's not going to respond.

14-04-2012, 20:25 Thread Starter	#329
TheBigYin Moderator Cool! It's like a pea shooter! peown peown Real name : Mark Location: Near the Liquorice Fields Posts: 8,856 Camera: Box with Pinhole in one Side and nut at the other	Well - we need someone who's happy to do the film-swap, but if anyone who's left on the list want's to volunteer, I'm happy with that...