Halina Paulette

Halina Paulette

Halina Paulette image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights)

The Halina Paulette is a 35mm viewfinder camera made in Hong Kong by Haking. It was introduced in c.1965.

The camera's specifications are:

• Viewfinder: Albada bright-line with fixed parallax markings..
• Focus: Manual - scaled in feet.
• Lens: 45mm FC Halinar Anastigmat. Appears to be 3 elements.
• Close Focus: About 3 feet.
• Diaphragm: f/2.8 stopping down to f/16.
• Shutter: Four speed 1/30th to 1/250th +B.
• Cable Release: Standard screw-in shutter release.
• Filter Size: 42.5mm screw fit.
• Size: 126 x 86 x 70mm (W x H x D).

Many Haking cameras were sold under other names; the Paulette was sold by Sears as the Model 65.

The Paulette II was a later, restyled version of this camera.

The Halina Paulette Electric is very similar to the Paulette, but with an added uncoupled Selenium light meter.