Holga 120 Wide Pinhole Camera

I bought a Holga 6×12 from Amazon a few months ago and have so far run some tests with a couple of rolls of 120 B&W film–Fujifilm 120 Acros which exhibits very little reciprocity and so less dark pinhole image edges. The results were really quite pleasing using the 6×9 mask–no scratched fim, moderately sharp resolution with fast exposures for a pinhole and a pleasant angle of view well suited for taking in near and mid-distant landscapes.A few points of interest: The plastic camera fits together very well and doesn’t exhibit glaring light leaks. A frame in the middle of one of my rolls was left unexposed and when the film was developed, showed a light, diffuse light exposure of undetermined origin, so tape over the clamshell seals might be a good idea. The camera seems especially prone to opening accidently, the side clips are not fixed very firmly when the camera is closed.The camera has a spring loaded shutter and requires a shutter cable. Be sure your cable has a long enough throw (length of plunger motion pushing on shutter), otherwise the shutter plate may not open fully. In addition to partially blocking the pinhole view, glare off the shutter plate may reflect onto the film if it is not fully open.The bubble level is very useful. The film number viewer on the camera back is not really set up intutitively, so see the instructions to determine the position for either 6×12 or 6×9 settings. I put black tape over the red window between advancing the film.Excellent exposures without blocked highlights were around 3 seconds in bright daylight with a lot of snow in the scene. An old Sekonic 398 light meter worked well for figuring exposures–just doubling the the f90 reading or so and doubling it again to expose for shadows with B&W film seemed a reliable plan. I found longer exposures in overcast were relatively overexposed.There were no apparent internal reflections evident on the film. The Holga seems to offer a very fast path to fun and excellent pinhole photographs.