Hanimex35 DL Dual Lens

The Hanimex 35 DL Dual Lens is a product of 1987-89, when plastic bodies got better lenses than the metal ones they replaced — a autofocus compact paired with a 35mm f/4.5 & 70mm f/8 (dual lens, rotating). Some backstory: hanimex was an Australian importer — this body is a Haking OEM design also sold as the Halina 35X and Revue AC-3.

Format

35mm

Year

1989

Lens

35mm f/4.5 & 70mm f/8 (dual lens, rotating)

Min. focus

1.5 m

Flash

Built-in with on/off switch

Battery

2× AA

The 35mm f/4.5 & 70mm f/8 (dual lens, rotating) is on the slow side, so it rewards good light or a roll of ISO 400 — but the body shrinks accordingly into something you'll actually carry every day. On the film-availability spectrum, plain 35mm is as easy as it gets in 2026. It runs on common AA batteries — you can resurrect one on a Sunday afternoon with whatever the corner shop has in stock. The built-in flash will fire whenever the meter decides it should, so learn the override before your first night out. Minimum focus is 1.5 m, close enough for a coffee cup or a face but stops short of true macro. Something that catches new owners off guard: the 'tele' lens is just a 2× teleconverter bolted in front of the same 35mm — the turret literally rotates it into place. Pair it with HP5 or Portra and you have a general-purpose travel camera that handles 80% of what you'll point it at.

The Hanimex 35 DL Dual Lens sits exactly where you want a sleeper to sit: low prices, working examples plentiful, and a spec sheet that holds up against far pricier rivals. File away for later: fixed-focus optics and a plastic front element make it one of the most authentically lo-fi 'dual-lens' compacts ever sold.

• §1Hanimex was an Australian importer — this body is a Haking OEM design also sold as the Halina 35X and Revue AC-3.
• §2The 'tele' lens is just a 2× teleconverter bolted in front of the same 35mm — the turret literally rotates it into place.
• §3Fixed-focus optics and a plastic front element make it one of the most authentically lo-fi 'dual-lens' compacts ever sold.