Kalimar beast

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Topic author: okynek

Posted on: 20071115225420

What is this beast from ???
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1950s-Photo-Eaze-Kalimar-Flash-Display_W0QQitemZ250187120309QQihZ015QQcategoryZ12QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Reply author: Vlad

Replied on: 20071115230358

What the heck? It's a Zenit E mounted with 2 flashes? Weeeird.. I would guess for some kind of ID taking?

Vlad

Reply author: okynek

Replied on: 20071115231138

Auction says it built in NY. Probably only camera is Russian.

Reply author: Vlad

Replied on: 20071115231447

well Kalimar is technically American company based in NY, they were importing Zenits and rebranding them. So yes, I would not imagine it was built in Russia.

Reply author: okynek

Replied on: 20071115231842

Really funny system. And specially if this Soviet camera was used as Vlad say for top secret US military ID taking [:)]

Reply author: Vlad

Replied on: 20071115232255

LOL, I did not say top secret, probably was set up in some drug store... unfortunately beyond the camera there isn't anything Russian looking it, especially the flash units.

Reply author: Luiz Paracampo

Replied on: 20071117073039

People
Go to http://www.novacon.com.br/odditycameras/welti.htm
there is a similar camera. Pictures were offered by Les Newcomer still when IDCC member. Those types of cameras were used by dentists, and used common cameras available on the market. This one, object of present discussion, probably is an old unit that received a new camera.

Reply author: okynek

Replied on: 20071117102443

Thanks a lot for the link! Indid it solved the mistery. I can only wonder is any place left there this Zenits did not go yet?[:)]

Reply author: Vlad

Replied on: 20071117120609

The moon ;)

Reply author: cedricfan

Replied on: 20071117130332

IIRC the Kiev-10 series went to space?

http://www.cedricfan.sivut.ws/Juhani's%20website%20ORIGINAALIT/

Reply author: Luiz Paracampo

Replied on: 20071122215020

Vlad
Zenit 5 with Rubin 1 went to the Moon and took pictures!
It was known as the first camera to reach the moon, and have the pictures returned. This said "Atemsa" the Italian distributor in 1967 in its advertising of "La Foto Ottica Soviettica" catalogue putting an enourmous Zenit 6 with Rubin lens in the portfoglio.
Also said that a Zenit with Telemar 22 took the first photo of the unknown side of the Moon (1963). Is it true?

Reply author: Vlad

Replied on: 20071122235908

huh! Didn't know that! Did they have one of those space monkeys with it to change the film and zoom? [;)]. Why would you need a variable length lens on a space craft? Who would zoom it? [:)]

Reply author: mermoz37

Replied on: 20071123064709

i read , in the past, in a French Photo Revue magazine (may be i still have this article in my bibliothek) it was a Zenit which took the first pictures of the other side of the moon... but they not mentionned about telemar 22...in my opinion it was better amiror lense ...but where is the true ?

Reply author: Zoom

Replied on: 20071123091444

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Luiz Paracampo
 
Also said that a Zenit with Telemar 22 took the first photo of the unknown side of the Moon (1963). Is it true?
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It is true, but not so simple... ;)
See
http://www.zenitcamera.com/archive/history/shpachinsky-we-were-the-first.html
and
http://www.zenitcamera.com/newspaper/patriot-2007-07-02-p16.pdf

Year was 1959.
Luna-3.
Camera name was AFA-E1 (E1 == Enisey-1, the Moon mission name, the first stage)
Lenses: Telemar-22 (200/5.6) and MTO-500 (500/8).

About "Zenit 5 with Rubin 1" (may be Zenit-6?) I don't understand...