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    Hanimex XP2 Automatic

    It would appear that the Sedic Camera Company in Japan made a number of cameras for other brands and rarely marketed them under their own brand. I am pretty confident that Sedic was the manufacturer and badge engineered the cameras to requirements.
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    Hanimex XP2 Automatic

    I doubt it was many, based on the rarity of it turning up on eBay compared to others not that many can have been made
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    Hanimex XP2 Automatic

    Here's a picture of the Sedic xf33 - remarkably similar and with the added ability to use flip flash! Exactly the same layout of controls and labels Note that the same system accessories are available for this camera as for the Hanimex XP2
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    Hanimex XP2 Automatic

    Is the Hanimex XP2 or the Sedic xF33 shown in McKeowin's?
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    Hanimex XP2 Automatic

    Unfortunately it came without instructions, and although reasonably simple to work out what does what, I haven't figured out what the little red button on the top plate is for. I thought maybe battery test, but with new batteries in it still seems to do nothing. Observation so far seems to...
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    Hanimex XP2 Automatic

    I have a predilection for the unusual with my photography gear and seeing a photo of this particular 110 camera on 35mmc and noting that it was, at the time, available with accessories that could arguably make it a system camera, I delved a little deeper. Very little detail is available online...
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    Critique Welcomed Altona, Hamburg with the Beast from the East

    Recent "Fotospiel" adventure around Altona. "It'll be fun" they said - I made the mistake of choosing my Kiev 88 for this round - 2.5kg of Soviet engineering. To be honest I picked it up for a song a few years ago complete with a 30mm f3.5 Zodiak-8 fisheye lens which was worth more than I paid...
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    Service manual or circuit diagram for Multiblitz Profilux 200 and 400 studio flashes.

    I have 3 Profilux 400 and 2 Profilux 200 heads, these all use the same flash tube COMROW-4, which are still available, if a bit pricey these days. Multiblitz folded a few years ago, my units are all pristine and only get hobby use so I cannot justify the cost of replacing them with current...
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    Critique Welcomed Hamburg at Christmas time 2024

    First roll of colour film through my recently acquired Olympus 35 RD. Overcast days in general didn't help with the colour film, in this case Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400 ISO, although the interior shots seemed better. Camera: Olympus 35 RD, Shutter priority, Auto Lens: 40mm f1.7, fixed Film...
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    Critique Welcomed Another new old camera

    Crackin' lens , Gromit! I find this rangefinder easier to focus than my leica lenses, nicely damped and a short throw with a very clear rangefinder patch. It also seems to be very accurate.
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    Critique Welcomed Another new old camera

    I picked up a rather nice Olympus 35 RD last week and ran a roll of Fomapan Classic through it to check out if it was working properly. The 35 RD (Rangefinder Deluxe) was the last rangefinder camera Olympus produced with both manual and auto exposure. It was in production following on from...
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    Critique Welcomed Singapore, Haw Par Villa - or more colloquially the "Tiger Balm Gardens"

    Actually........ At one time it was operated as a theme park with rides, but the same problem occurred, it was too far out of town at the time. Eccentricity is the preserve of the wealthy!
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    Critique Welcomed That OM-40 again!

    My previous post "Another acquisition" detailed the trials and tribulations of my latest purchase, needless to say the seller followed up very swiftly with the replacement (original) camera after having it serviced at OM Doctor in Hamburg. A pretty much pristine example of the model, I cannot...
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    Critique Welcomed Singapore, Haw Par Villa - or more colloquially the "Tiger Balm Gardens"

    As promised, some photos from 2013 when the gardens were not in such good repair - the 10 courts of Hell....... (Not for the faint of heart) The brothers Haw and Par were one of the first motor car owners in Singapore, They had a Chevrolet with specially modified...
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