Jack White Edition Lomography Camera?

The Holga is an excellent lo-fi camera.

One of the main things you are going to have to figure out, is whether or not you have the patience and temperament to work with a film camera. Working with film, there is no instant feedback from a LCD screen, and you won't be able to delete your mistakes and forget about them.

On top of that, 120 film is a little more difficult to deal with than 35mm film, since there are fewer labs that can process it. Ask around at your local Walmart, Costco or other 1-hour labs. While they may not be able to process the film on site, many of these labs will send the film out to be processed for you.

The next option is to find a local pro-lab. These are labs that specifically cater to professional photographers and will be able to process your film on site. As you might imagine, it can be a little pricey.

Another film processing option is to send out the film to be processed.

Then the best of all option, process the film yourself. BW film processing and even color processing are not too difficult to learn and also not very expensive to get into.

If you think that 120 film is too much trouble, you can try a 35mm camera, like the Holga 135BC or the Superheadz Black Slim Devil. The Black Slim Devil is a clone of the Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim, my current fave 35mm lo-fi camera.

The 35mm Holga 135BC, or Superheadz Black Slim Devil can be found at Freestyle Photo supply:

http://freestylephoto.biz/

Whichever camera you choose, remember that the point of lo-fi photography is to have fun and don't sweat the details!

For Holga tips, check out these websites:

http://www.squarefrog.co.uk/

http://goholga.com/

For Holga tips, check Go Holga:

http://goholga.com/

Then there's my own website:

http://www.dianacamera.com/

I have lots of tips, tricks and photos taken with plastic cameras.

For how-to videos for Holgas and Diana cameras, check out my youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/kaituba

do not buy the camera from the white stripes the camera can be purchased for $40 from the links the previous poster gave. the site you show charges $180.

the camera is definitely low tech and you could have fun with it. but i don't think it is good for beginners.

holgas usually require quite a bit of knowledge from the photographer, each holga is different. they have a spring shutter so all have a different speed. some have light leaks, so you have to cover them or work with them.

i recommend that instead of spending 180 on the camera you spend 40. and spend another fifty on a manual slr or rangefinder 35mm. you could learn the basics of photography and film on the 35mm camera then apply those on the holga.