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25mm E-mount lens for $15 (it's a Holga!)

I was looking at pinhole offerings and stumbled across this on eBay. I think I'll invest the fifteen dollars to see what it can do.
 
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Thomas Fallon

New member
Had a look at his listing. He sells in many categories. Radios, fashion and sex toys to name a few. Too bad you already spent all your money on that expensive lens.
 

Godfrey

Well-known member
One of those in mFT mount came with the Olympus E-PL1 I bought for about a hundred dollars the year before last. My only problem with it is that it's too sharp... !

G
 

Jack

Sr. Administrator
Staff member
So a Sony body cap is cheaper by $10: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/761371-REG/Sony_ALCB1EM_B1EM_Camera_Body_Lens.html

But I figure this is at least a $10 more useful body cap :ROTFL: One upside for us on the lens above is it's designed for M4/3 sensor E mount, not the full-frame. So it will prolly have significant falloff and loss of resolution, and being a decent wide focal should crop nicely to square for a vintage vignette look :D

And no way I'm getting rid of the Mitakon. It performs SUPERBLY well on the Sony wide open in the typical light and shooting distances I will be using it at thank you very much!!! Taking the thread a bit off topic, but not all lenses work well when adapted to the Sony -- some M lenses come to mind, ahem -- but this one is designed for it, and works very well!
 

Godfrey

Well-known member
Some examples of the Holga 25mm toy/pinhole lens, taken with E-PL1 (no cropping, no alterations, straight from JPEGs, all at ISO 1600, etc):








Above photo flipped right to left for correct orientation...


A fun little thing.

G
 

Jack

Sr. Administrator
Staff member
Godfrey, that is the same lens we ordered, but I don't think we can call it a "pinhole" if it has glass :) But regardless, I do like the look (and your images!), and imagine the look on full frame cropped square -- to your full width in both directions -- and I think it could be cool!

And then I just bought some other weird stuff to mount to the A7r too, cost a little bit more than the Holga lenscap though -- stay tuned :ROTFL:
 

Godfrey

Well-known member
Godfrey, that is the same lens we ordered, but I don't think we can call it a "pinhole" if it has glass :) But regardless, I do like the look (and your images!), and imagine the look on full frame cropped square -- to your full width in both directions -- and I think it could be cool!

And then I just bought some other weird stuff to mount to the A7r too, cost a little bit more than the Holga lenscap though -- stay tuned :ROTFL:
Absolutely true ... It's essentially a zone plate with a large diameter central pinhole behind a single element, plastic lens. Pretty clever way to make a "fast" lens that performs remarkably well for almost nothing. :)

It's fun, but don't expect top notch quality on the mount... !

G
 
The super-elastic-bubble-plastic Holga 25mm lens arrived today. It's everything you might expect for US $15.




These are from the A7R, set to APS-C crop mode. (maximum vignette correction applied in LR, but it didn't help much.)




 

Jack

Sr. Administrator
Staff member
Godfrey's right -- it's too sharp. We need to figure out how to decenter the lens and add some light leaks :D

Maybe a very slight Scotchbright scrub pass on the plastic element? Or a spritz of hairspray?? Or maybe a dab from Q-tip soaked with acetone???
 

Don Libby

Well-known member
Oh crap - now you have me thinking of getting one. May as well before the price goes up to $20.00....
 
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