gregg. newstand on ventura and van nuys. ©2005 Paul Posadas

I purchased my first "holga camera" at freestyle photo supplies for $34.99, last saturday. It's got a built-in flash with revolving color filters -- yellow, blue, red and white. It has a bulb switch for long exposures and you can either shoot in square 6 X 6cm or 6 X 4.5cm format. Though there is no thru the lens focusing, you simply  align the "4" marked icons representing distance on the focusing ring with the center of the camera. Example, an icon of a single person is equivalent to 3 ft. distance. mountains would be from 30 ft. to infinity.  You only have a choice of 2 f/stops --8 and 11 respectively and only one shutter speed in normal mode --1/100th. It is a totally plastic toy camera that works wonders! check out the other HOLGA sites.