Halina 35X

The Halina 35X is a 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. The camera's back and its bottom are one part which has to be removed for loading a film. The shutter has to be wound up before each exposure with a lever on the lens tube. 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.

• Type: viewfinder camera
• Year of launch: 1959
• Films: 35mm
• Lens: 1:3.5 / 45mm Halina Anastigmat (triplet, front and rear elements single coated, middle element uncoated)
• Shutter: speeds 1/25-1/200 seconds plus B.
• Aperture: 1:3.5-1:16
• Filter size: accepts A36 (36mm) clamp-on filters (same as collapsible Elmar etc.).

the camera ...

... and a picture taken by it

Picture by IC-UC. (Image rights)

Links Edit

In English:

• Halina 35x @ The Virtual Camera Museum
• At Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr
  • Haking Halina 35x
  • Haking Halina 35x Super
• 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

In Japanese:

• Halina 35X repair notes at Shiroto shashinki shūri kōbō