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Holga is fun and can make great pictures. Also recommend a Mamiya 645E SLR, which has a bright adjustable viewfinder and operates very much like a 35mm SLR camera - you can probably pick up a barely used one with 55, 80, 150 lenses for around $500 or so.
Jon
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How do RB67 lenses rate, good one's bad one's?
Curt
Everytime I find a film or paper that I like, they discontinue it. - Paul Strand - Aperture monograph on Strand
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Most of the newer rb lenses are first rate. You simply cannot go wrong with the KLs, in particular. The pre-KL lenses are also quite good, especially if you hood them judiciously.
There is only one RB lens that I did not enjoy, the 50. I much prefer the 65.
The very best rb lens is probably the 210 KL apo, though I haven't seen charts on it to confirm that.
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What about an old Pentax MF SLR? How come no Penty users have chimed in here yet? 
I haven't used one myself but older ones I've seen for $200 here in Japan, so they must be dirt-cheap elsewhere. And you can't go wrong with the glass. Super-Takumars are legendary already, imagine them in MF!
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 Originally Posted by IloveTLRs
What about an old Pentax MF SLR? How come no Penty users have chimed in here yet?
I haven't used one myself but older ones I've seen for $200 here in Japan, so they must be dirt-cheap elsewhere. And you can't go wrong with the glass. Super-Takumars are legendary already, imagine them in MF!
Oh no here we go again
Kind regards
Søren Nielsen
Denmark
Exposed Fuji Sensia, CHECK, lots of them. Tetenal E6 three bath kit 1L, CHECK. Jobo CPE2+ with lift. CHECK
So what are you waiting for dude? Get those slidefilms processed.
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Originally Posted by FilmIs4Ever
Is it AF? Can you get a complete setup for under $1,000?
Great glass, bankrupting pricetag 
It is AF, forget $ 1000 - it's more than than but you will never change then, so...
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Originally Posted by Soeren
Oh no here we go again
What? What did I say?
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I have recently been shooting both a pentax 67, and a 645. Both have great lenses, and in this day and age are cheap.
I had never used 6x4.5 before, but am really enjoying it. The pentax 645 is not much bigger than lots of 35 slrs, or big dslrs, and I find it very easy to use. One big plus for my bifocal eyes is that it is one of the few cameras I own that I can see the entire viewfinder with. I have a 50 and 150 for it, and it makes a nice package to carry around and shoot much like one would a 35. The meter is accurate, has several modes. It is a really nice machine.
The 67 is a much bigger brute, but that goes with the territory of the bigger neg. The lenses are outstanding, and cheap. Really no big negatives to the camera that I can find, as long as you don't need interchangable backs, and can live with slower synch speeds (unless you buy a leaf shutter lens.)
MF has gotten so cheap these days, it is pretty much a matter of preference. My only advice would be to watch out for stuff that has been worked to death in a studio somewhere.
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You can do very nice work with an inexensive TLR but the slow pace might be frustrating. For not too much money I would recommend a Bronica SQ-A with a waist level finder, an 80/2.8 lens and a 120 back. A nice strap should be available from Tamron, KOH's, KEH or someone on eBay. You will need a separate meter with this set-up.
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To get the taste of something special try the old Mamiya Universal with a 50mm lens and a 6x9 film format. Then you get really hooked on the MF.
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