The B setting is easy to do if you are not careful. However - make sure that you don't have the shutter set to "B" when you want the normal shutter speed, and remember to check your focus ring. Once I got used to the feel of the camera, I found it to be smooth in operation. I think it's actually pretty well made - certainly sturdy enough for typical use. The camera is as simple to use as the Holga 135BC, or any other simple camera. It's a Holga, so you should expect lens aberration, flare, soft-focus, and vignetting with the 55mm lens. The Holga 135Pan isn't a Hasselblad X-Pan, nor did I expect it to be. The back of the camera has suggested pinhole exposure times, using ISO 400 film. If you use the pinhole lens (which I have not yet tried out), you will definitely want to use a tripod and cable release. However, it IS a Holga, so I imagine people will want to shoot it all sorts of ways. Since this is a panoramic camera, it is probably a good idea to use it on a tripod and make sure the camera is level. I used a roll of Kentmere 400 b&w film for my test roll. Given the shutter speed, I think one could safely shoot ISO 100 or 200 on a nice bright sunny day. The instructions say to use 400 ISO film.
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