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| − | *[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/ | + | *[http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11103 Halina 35x] at [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr] |
* [http://www.pbase.com/edkowalski/micronta35x Micronta 35X] by [http://www.pbase.com/edkowalski/profile Ed Kowalski at pbase] | * [http://www.pbase.com/edkowalski/micronta35x Micronta 35X] by [http://www.pbase.com/edkowalski/profile Ed Kowalski at pbase] | ||
* [http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/collection9/page6.html Micronta 35X] in [http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/ Rick Oleson's website], with a hint that the name "Micronta" was owned by Radio Shack | * [http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/collection9/page6.html Micronta 35X] in [http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/ Rick Oleson's website], with a hint that the name "Micronta" was owned by Radio Shack | ||
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The Halina 35X is a 35 mm viewfinder camera made by Haking in Hong Kong (China). It is a copy of the Ranger 35 made by Nihon Seiki. It's quite compact but heavy. It has the general layout of a miniature Leica, rather like the Yamato Pax 35, though it is not of the same quality. The camera's back and its bottom are one part which has to be removed to load a film. In the examples pictured, the shutter has to be cocked before each exposure, with a lever on the lens tube. On some examples however, perhaps later ones, the shutter is cocked by advancing the film. On the bottom the camera has the imprinting "Empire made" (ones marked "MADE IN HONG KONG" exist too). Haking produced the 35X for its own brand Halina and for the brands Micronta and Sunscope.
Specifications
- Type: viewfinder camera
- Year of launch: 1959
- Film format: 24 x 36 mm on standard 35 mm film
- Lens: 1:3.5 / 45mm Halina Anastigmat (triplet, front and rear elements single coated, middle element uncoated)
- Focus: Scaled in feet, from 3 ft to infinity[1]
- Shutter:
- Two-bladed leaf shutter, with speeds 1/25-1/200 seconds plus B. The shutter is not between the lens elements but behind the lens.
- Synchronised for flash ('M'-synchronisation[2]) with a PC socket on the lens tube. Cold shoe on top of camera.
- Aperture: 1:3.5-1:16[3] without detents.
- Film advance: Winding knob, with mechanical frame counter (this counts downwards in the example examined).
- Rewind: Knob. Film rewind-release is either beside the shutter button (as pictured) or on the base in some examples.
- Filter size: accepts A36 (36mm) push-on or clamp-on filters (same as collapsible Elmar etc.).
- Shutter release button threaded for a cable release.
- 1/4 inch tripod socket in base.
- Dimensions (width x height x depth): 114 x 76 x 67 mm(4½ x 3 x 2⅝ inch)
- Weight: 550 g (without lens cap or film)
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Notes
- ↑ Because of the simplicity of the focus thread, the front of the lens, with the aperture scale, rotates when it is focused.
- ↑ Synchronisation is probably at 1/25 second, and electronic flash (X-synch) would probably work well enough.
- ↑ f/16 is the smallest aperture given on the scale; the lens will stop down beyond this, probably to at least f/22.
Links
In English:
- Halina 35x at Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
- Micronta 35X by Ed Kowalski at pbase
- Micronta 35X in Rick Oleson's website, with a hint that the name "Micronta" was owned by Radio Shack
- Mike Butkus' Orphan Cameras has the 35X manual.
In French:
- Micronta 35X at www.collection-appareils.fr
In Japanese:
