Halina 35x

[Jared]

Anyone ever owned one of these, I saw one today and couldn't help noticing how compact and sturdy it felt and looked. I'm thinking about buying it as a pocket camera.

 

[Ambermile]

I'd think *real* carefully before you do, they may be "sturdy" but that just means heavy in this case!

 

[TheBigYin]

Ah, there's sturdy and there's sturdy... now Sophie Dahl before the diet was good sturdy, My Fed-3, thats horrible sturdy.

 

[pityacka]

Jared, They are a nice little camera. Not a rangefinder though. Fixed 45mm lens(I think 45mm) First camera I had. £12.00 here in UK in 1960's. Bought mine in Jersey(new) for £6.00 in 1966. Declared it at Customs on return. The Customs bloke must have thought I was going to bring out a Nikon, etc.; looked at it, then said, "For being honest get on your way." So dear knows what duty I would have had to pay, probably pence !
I still have mine, and they produced some good photos. Saw one on ebay the other week for £38.00 - it must have been the gold plated version.:
They were marked empire made, and manufactured in Hong Kong. They are sturdy, and look like a miniature LEICA rangefinder.

 

[colpepper]

The first camera I ever desired was a Halina, a Paulette Electro in Dixons catalogue when I was eleven. Didn't get it.

 

[pityacka]

colpepper, let us know when your birthday is, and we can have a whip-round and buy you a Halina.

 

[awp]

I had one almost 50 years ago. My first real camera after a box brownie!

 

[ujjwaldey8165]

colpepper, let us know when your birthday is, and we can have a whip-round and buy you a Halina.

Dont set a precedence of having a whip around and getting people their first desires. You never know what you have to get for some ( and I'm think of one Lord of Amberrmile)

 

[On the Huh]

I had one almost 50 years ago. My first real camera after a box brownie!

Blimey, I didn't realise you were that old!

 

[Ambermile]

Dont set a precedence of having a whip around and getting people their first desires. You never know what you have to get for some ( and I'm think of one Lord of Amberrmile)

Ha - I have a 35x in a bag of bits if you want it

And there are very few cameras I want now bar a few from the Konishiroku line and most of the fun there is finding them

 

[awp]

Blimey, I didn't realise you were that old!

I started very young.

 

[TheBigYin]

Dont set a precedence of having a whip around and getting people their first desires. You never know what you have to get for some ( and I'm think of one Lord of Amberrmile)

I agree, it could get extremely expensive....







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