Plastic fantastic

Holga is a Chinese plastic camera, originally "built" as a cheap medium-format camera for the masses. And when they say plastic, they mean plastic. Everything is plastic, even the lens. The camera is so poorly manufactured that each individual camera is different. What they all have in common are the light leaks, the two apertures which are the same because of a construction fault, and lots of other quirks and mishaps. The built-in flash version of Holga uses batteries, but has no battery holder so the batteries fly around inside unless you gaffa them to the house.
And speaking of gaffa and glue, people love the Holga. And they modify it beyond belief. They drill it. They colour it. They tape it and cut it. A guy from New York even sells Holgas with the most essential modfications, which he perform in his spare bedroom converted into a Holga workshop.
And best of all, people take photos with the damned thing. And they are gorgeous. Isn't that wild?