Just showing up on several sites today, Holga released a new 120 panoramic camera, the Holga 120PAN. Announced in November, I just started seeing it pop up on the internet today. Yeah…I’ve been busy.
Holga 120PAN - Front
Apparently out in limited distribution, vendors are selling this update to the 120WPC (wide pinhole camera) as a soon to be hard-to-find item.
Holga 120PAN - Top
Quick Rundown:
- 90mm optical lens
- panoramic viewfinder
- built in level
- uses 120 film, but a 35mm adapter will soon be available
- produces images twice the size of the Holga 120N (around 6 pictures per roll)
- two hot-shoes
- tripod mount
- zone focus (4 zones)
- shutter: 1/100s
Holga 120PAN - Angle
Where To Buy:
Vendors selling it are Four Corner Store and HolgaDirect for around $90.
My Take:
With all the Lomography cameras that come out every year, it’s nice to see that someone at Holga cares. I’m looking forward to getting one of these soon. The sample images I’ve seen so far are looking like the same ones I’ve been getting with my Kodak Six-16 Brownie Juniors.
Samples:
Here are a couple of samples that the vendors have been posting on their websites. Hopefully, I’ll have my own soon…
Example 1
Example 2
Filed under: Analog News, Toy Camera, 120, 120Pan, brownie junior, holga, news, panoramic
FilmSpooler 
I really like the look of this camera, and one contact on Flickr has posted a couple. Is it a different lens to the one they use on the 120? This must be a setup that would have a larger image circle as there’s way less vignetting. Pull it apart and tell everyone if you do get one.
…and loving it!!!