So... This post will almost certainly not interest you. I'm only posting it because a) the Hanimex 402 was my first camera, and b) there are zero mentions of it anywhere on the internet.
The basics:
Hanimex 402
35mm film camera
Made in China, purchased in Australia in the mid-90s (I bought it when I was 11 or 12 so it can't have cost much)
35mm lens
Auto focus
Motor wind and rewind (SUPER noisy, like twice as noisy as Canon T series cameras)
Built-in flash
DX system for film speed
Plastic everywhere
The review:
A very chunky, noisy, point-and-shoot camera with several mod-cons. I haven't seen any other references to this camera on the net, so it mustn't have made much headway in the saturated point-and-shoot market of the day. But as a kid, I had fun with it. Shot several rolls of film at Sydney Motor Shows, back when those were still a thing. I still remember what my dad told me on the way home from buying this: "You've chosen an expensive hobby." He was not wrong, even if this was a relatively cheap place to start.
Hanimex 402 front by farge, on Flickr
Hanimex 402 rear by farge, on Flickr
The basics:
Hanimex 402
35mm film camera
Made in China, purchased in Australia in the mid-90s (I bought it when I was 11 or 12 so it can't have cost much)
35mm lens
Auto focus
Motor wind and rewind (SUPER noisy, like twice as noisy as Canon T series cameras)
Built-in flash
DX system for film speed
Plastic everywhere
The review:
A very chunky, noisy, point-and-shoot camera with several mod-cons. I haven't seen any other references to this camera on the net, so it mustn't have made much headway in the saturated point-and-shoot market of the day. But as a kid, I had fun with it. Shot several rolls of film at Sydney Motor Shows, back when those were still a thing. I still remember what my dad told me on the way home from buying this: "You've chosen an expensive hobby." He was not wrong, even if this was a relatively cheap place to start.
Hanimex 402 front by farge, on Flickr
Hanimex 402 rear by farge, on Flickr