Hanimex 35ee Micro 35mm film  
I bought one of these at the same time as my Minolta X-700, with my first terms University grant way back in 1982.

One of the smallest 35mm film cameras ever made with reasonable image quality from its 33mm f3.5 lens, but most importantly it allowed me to take pictures when my X-700 would have been too big to carry.

The camera used two AAA batteries for the flash, but could run without any power so a perfect machine to have when out in the field for long periods with no access to power. The flash folded down to also cover the lens and its smooth design made the camera very slick and easy to store and use in a hurry.

It had a 3 position focus control (near, medium, far) and 3 position aperture with settings based on the ISO of the film loaded (64, 100 and 400), plus a flash position.

There was an ASA memo dial which you set to the film ISO to remind you what film you had in (again 64, 100 and 400). This was before DX encoding and before all films had their speed in the same position on the case, so there was no window on the back either, so this memo dial was very clever, except the camera was so simple it did not really mattered anyhow.

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For some example pictures see Hanimex 35ee Micro

SpecificationsAccessories
  • 35mm Film, manual advance with notched wheel
  • Lens: F3.5 33mm fully-coated, 4 elements in 3 groups
  • Viewfinder: Direct vision 0.5 plus magnification 90% field of view
  • Focus: Three-zone focus. Person (~1m), Dot (~2m), Mountain ("beyond 2m")
  • Shutter: "aperture priority" electronic shutter 1/15-1/500 sec
  • Flash: built-in flash Guide Number 10 (meters, ASA 100), shutter is fixed at 1/30 and aperture at f3.5 when the flash is enabled
  • Aperture/ISO settings: ASA 64 / f5.6, ASA 100 / f6.3, ASA 400 / f13
  • Battery: two AAA batteries, "BC" button on the back is "Battery Check"
  • Standard Tripod mount thread below case
There was a battery check button (BC) which illumnated the red LED if the batteries were OK. When switching the aperture to the flash mode you could hear the flash charge up, a small light just to the right of the viewfinder would illuminate when it was ready to fire.

Film was wound on manually with the notched thumb control you can see on the top right. Film was rewound using the winder on the left, after pushing up the small button marked with R (Release) to the right of the viewfinder to release the film. A small but clear window on the top displayed the number of frames used.

The shutter button was a very pleasing metal one with a depression to allow your finger to rest in it, and it locked when the camera was in its closed position, so a very good design.

A very useful carry strap could be attached to the bottom in the non-central tripod mount hole, but when this was on the camera would not sit flat on its base.

With the shutter cover / flash closed it became a very pocketable camera indeed.
The internals of my machine remain in excellent condition and the camera still works but it is having a problem with flash now so whatever sync control the camera had has failed.

It had a basic leaf shutter and only 4 blades to its aperture, so essential a square aperture hole.

For some example pictures click here for the slide set