Halina 6-4

 

The Halina 6-4 is another Hong Konger - the baseplate says "Empire Made", but that's British for Hong Kong. Truth is, it's disturbingly sharp and chock full of non-cheesy features. F-stops, zone focusing and a tripod socket, plus a unique dual format idea. It allows you to shoot "super slides" on 120 film. (with the proper film plane mask)

The coolest features are the little fold-down pegleg feature on the front of the camera that allows it to sit up and beg for film and a sliding metal frame counter window cover. Saves a wad on gaffer tape.

I had high hopes for this gem, but it destroyed itself in slow motion as it sat in the studio - I mean parts would just fall off this thing with no one around as the sun slowly set on the British Empire.

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