Holga in studio -- rough cut

So, I took a setup like the one below, and put into the studio (actually, I replaced the ST-E2 Canon trigger / Canon flash with a PocketWizard and controlled a strobe in a large softbox -- same idea, different bling).

After a bunch of experimentation both indoors and out, I finally figured out that the particular Holga I have is approximately aperture of f/9, and shutter speed of 1/125.

Based on that info was able to zero in on different light levels in the studio. Best exposure of the lot was the photo taken at manual strobe settings of approx just shy of f/9. I was taking photos at same time with the Canon 1DsIII to confirm and compare the light levels.

Was also trying to test focal lengths at same time. I had a focal length on the Canon of approx 50mm (was trying to compensate for the Holga's 60mm, but really underestimated how big a difference focal lengths were between medium format and 35mm -- much wider angle on the Holga film than I expected).

Anyway, here are the representative photos. First one is Holga 120N, manual strobe set to a bit over f/8, Kodak TriX 320 film, scanned in negative.


Canon 1DsIII, 24-70 lens set to about 50mm, manual strobe set to a bit over f/8, ISO set to 320 (notice the meter in the photo ready 4.5 2, this is the ISO *100* reading of the light).


All in all, this was a pretty cool technical exercise to combine Holga with controlled studio flash, and also good exercise to help calibrate exactly what I'm working with in the Holga. However, after looking at the Holga shot, I've got some thinking to do about exactly how I could work this really wide angle (it's a lot more than I expected) and "Holga-look" in a studio. Any ideas? (I have a few I'm sketching out...)