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My friend has used this camera as a toy for past 15 years, before she showed it to me, yesterday. If I'm not horribly wrong, it's also known as Lubitel (wikipedia).

How do I (possible) use it? Where do I put the film? How much such film costs?

Is this any good find?
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It takes standard 120-format film, which is pretty much the only medium-format film still around (220 is basically the same thing, just twice as much of it, but I doubt that the Lubitel can handle 220). It's not particularly more expensive than 135 (normal 35mm film) per roll, although you get about half as many shots per roll, so the cost-per-picture is higher. But given that you can't really power through a roll of 120 on a Lubitel like you can a roll of 135 in a 35mm camera, it's not a really big problem. You should be able to get 120 at any good camera store, but if not, it's available online from stores like Adorama (http://www.adorama.com) and B&H (http://www.bhphotovideo.com).

Film goes in the back. I don't know how off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure a quick google search will show you pictures. As I recall, the Lubitel has cocking the shutter and advancing the film as two separate steps, so be careful not to double-expose a particular frame. Also, you have to watch the little red window on the back to know when you're at the next frame--it doesn't stop for you.

You focus by looking down at the ground-glass viewfinder on the top (it unfolds). The bottom lens is the one that the actual picture is taken through, the top is the viewfinder window, so beware of parallax if you want to take closeups with it. The two lenses are linked so that focusing one focuses the other.

It's a neat little camera, although it does live pretty firmly in the "toy" category in most people's minds. I've been thinking about getting one, but I'm in the process of purchasing a Yashica A (a TLR of similar vintage), so my budget for weird old hard-to-use medium format cameras is spent already. Lubitel's are going for around $25 (with another $25 for shipping, naturally) on eBay.