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Holga 120 WPC

The Holga WPC is a wide angle, panoramic, pinhole camera distributed under the Holga brand. This camera can make either 6x9 or 6x12 format pinhole images. It is a simple camera: there is no viewfinder and film advance is done via red window. It is also a surprisingly effective camera. While most of the camera may seem cheaply made, the pinhole itself is rather precise and delivers sharper-than-expected images.

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Holga WPC returns!

In the Fall of 2019, we got our resupply of the Holga WPC 6x12 pinhole camera back in the shop! ⁠We were fond of the inexpensive and over-performing Holga WPC in its former life, and to see it anew, risen from the packing peanuts like a black, plastic phoenix gave us all something to cheer about.⁠

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What we hadn't anticipated is how quickly the few cameras we received in our initial order would sell... They were gone within one day!

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Holga 120 WPC

We'd tell you that this is hands-down our favorite of the Holga pinhole cameras but honestly, there isn't much competition there. The Holga 120PC was just so-so in our opinion, but the 120 WPC is a sneaky great pinhole camera that can be used in either 6x12 or 6x9 configurations.⁠

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The camera's praises go as such:⁠

It's inexpensive⁠

It's panoramic⁠

It's image quality is right up there with the more expensive Zero Image or Reality So Subtle versions⁠

It's light and easy to carry⁠

It has a built-in cable release mechanism⁠

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This camera disappeared when Holga production ceased for a bit and we thought that it was gone for good. The camera actually began selling for higher prices on the used market than it had new, due to the cult following it had earned.

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If you love pinhole photography and have built a small - or large - family of cameras but don't yet have one of these, we'd encourage you to grab one while we have it. Who knows what the future may hold?

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Holgaround

Yes, many Holgas may have been discontinued but it is hard to keep a good plastic camera down. They were all good, in their way: flashless, flash, colored flash, pinhole, panoramic pinhole, twin lens, instant film backed, glow in the dark, glass-lensed, etc.

If we had our way, every film photographer would own one of these. There is much to learn from their simple approach to photography.

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