Fujita 66

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The Fujita 66 is a 6×6 format SLR introduced in 1956, known for its budget price. The original model has script lettering on the nameplate; the example with block lettering shown here is a later model.

Versions of the Fujita 66 were also re-branded as the Kalimar Reflex, Kalimar Six Sixty, the Soligor 66, and the Fodor 66SL.

Fujita 66 side view image by Kuro Neko (Image rights)

Bibliography

• Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7. Items 1190 and 1506–8.
• Kamera no ayumi. Zen nihon shashin renmei sōritsu 50-shūnen kinen (カメラのあゆみ・全日本写真連盟創立五〇周年記念, History of cameras, commemorating the 50^th anniversary of the All Japan Association of Photographic Societies). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1976. No ISBN number. P.110.
• McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). Pp.332 and 454–5.
• Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5. Items 2113–5 and 2128–9.
• Tanimura Yoshihiko (谷村吉彦). "Renzu-mēkā no 6×6cm-han fōkaru ichi-gan-refu Fujita 66SL" (レンズメーカーの6×6cm判フォーカル一眼レフ・フジタ66SL, A 6×6cm SLR with focal-plane shutter made by a lens maker: the Fujita 66SL). Kamera Rebyū: Kurashikku Kamera Senka (カメラレビュー クラシックカメラ専科) / Camera Review: All about Historical Cameras no.35, November 1995. Nihon no kamera 50nen (日本のカメラ50年, special issue on 50 years of Japanese cameras). P.160.

External links

In English:

• Fujita 66 and Kalimar Reflex in Rick Oleson's website, with repair notes
• Fujita 66 SL among other cameras at Cameras Downunder
• Fujita 66 in the highlights of the 28 September 2002 sale by Auction Team Köln
• Fujita 66 and Kalimar Reflex at medfmt
• Fujita 66 and Kalimar Reflex in a post at photo.net

In German:

• Fujita 66, lot no.108 of Photographica Auction no. 4 (11 November 2006).

In French:

• Kalimar Reflex in Sylvain Halgand's www.collection-appareils.fr

In Swedish:

• Fujita 66 and other SLRs at the Photomuseum in Osby

In Danish:

• Fujita 66 picture at Fotokritik.dk

In Japanese:

• Kalimar Reflex and Soligor 66 at Asacame
• Japanese 6×6 SLR cameras at the Coolys Creek blog
• Fujita 66 in a page of wanted cameras in the je2luz camera site

In Chinese:

• Fujita 66 in a Chinese forum