A camera like the Ricohflex VII |
The Halina A1 was a TLR made in Hong-Kong by Haking, based on the same body as the more basic Halina Prefect.
specifications[]
- Type: Twin lens reflex camera for film rolls
- Manufacturer: Haking
- Year of launch:
- Film: type 120 film rolls
- Lenses: Halina Anastigmat 1:3.5 F=80mm C lens geared to Halina Viewer 1:3.5 F=80mm C lens
- Shutter: two-blade shutter with speeds B, 1/25, 1/50, and 1/100 sec., selectable with thumb-wheel around lens
- Cocking: moving the shutter release lever a little bit upwards
- Aperture: lever below lens, 1:3.5 to 1:22 selectable
- Focusing: using one of the gear wheels that synchronize Viewfinder and camera focus as thumb wheel
- Viewfinder: collapsible TLR finder with ground glass screen, and hinged magnifier for optional usage
- Film advance: thumb wheel, closeable exposure counting windows on the back
- Specialty 1: leather case has two sheet metal tongues to fix the camera
- Specialty 2: the shutter of the lower exposure counter window bears the imprint Empire made (=British Hong-Kong)
- Connector 1: connection thread for remote shutter release
- Connector 2: flash connector
- Connector 3: connection thread for tripod
Chinese TLRs (and "pseudo TLRs") |
Bedfordflex | Binaflex | Cangle | Dalian | Eastar |
Emei | Five-Goats | Halina A1 | Halina Prefect |
Halina Viceroy | Hongmei-5 | Hua Ying |
Hua Zhong | Mirroflex II | Mudan | Pearl River |
Qingdao SF-2 | Rainbow | Seagull 4 |
Seagull 4A | Seagull 4B | Seagull 4C |
Seagull 4D | Shanghai | Splendidflex |
Temple of Heaven | Tianjin Eastar | Traveller |
Wuhan Youyi | YC-75X100 |
external links |
Chinese and Hong Kong TLRs at tlr-cameras.com [1] |
Links[]
- Halina A I at vintage camera museum [2]