Kalimar

Kalimar Inc. was a US distributor founded by Bob Lipsitz in 1952. It started importing Aires 35 cameras from Japan. It distributed a number of rebadged cameras from Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany and the Soviet Union. It was acquired by Tiffen in 1999.

Kalimar distributed the Barbie camera in 1993.

Distributed cameras

image by Pacific Rim Camera (Image rights)

image by Trask BlueRibbon (Image rights)

roll film

• Kalimar 44 (Japanese, same as Anny 44)
• Kalimar Reflex 6×6 SLR based on the Fujita 66
• Kalimar Six Sixty restyled update to the Kalimar Reflex
• Kalimar TLR100 (Soviet Union; a rebadged Lubitel 2)
• Kalimar Reflex TLR (made by Seagull in China)

pocket film

• Kalimar AW-10 All Weather Camera
• Kalimar FF-10
• Kalimar Mini 110

35mm film

• Kalimar 3D (3-dimensional 3-lens camera)
• Kalimar A
• Kalimar DK-3
• Kalimar C-64 (Made by Haking in Hong Kong)
• Kalimar Paulette Electric (a rebadged Halina Paulette Electric)
• Kalimar Sport AF
• Kalimar SR 100 (a rebadged Zenit B)
• Kalimar SR 200 (a rebadged Zenit E)
• Kalimar SR 300 (a rebadged Zenit EM)

Kalimar A image by fedglass (Image rights)

Kalimar K-90 image by Valdormar (Image rights)

Links

• Press release detailing acquisition by Tiffen. Includes historical notes.
• source at ozcameras [1]
• Kalimar Cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr
• Kalimar cameras at www.orphancameras.com Kalimar Reflex, SQ, Six Sixty, C-64, 44, K-90, KX-7000, SR-200