mark_wilson4 Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 This is one of the most fun cameras. I used to hang out at a train station in the Transvaal to photograph the (occasional) narrow gauge rolling stock. Once I wandered into the forest nearby and found a bunch of ancient South African Railway buildings, now occupied by squatters. Has anyone used this camera, or the equivalent Kalimar 66? It is far more pleasant than its reputation suggests. Cloth focal plane shutter, to 1/500 sec.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_wilson4 Posted February 17, 2007 Author Share Posted February 17, 2007 This used to be a hotel in the Magaliesberg. Last guests checked out decades ago. The Fujita is heavy enough to hold steadily at 1/50 sec...I think the slowest speed is 1/25 on my model.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_wilson4 Posted February 17, 2007 Author Share Posted February 17, 2007 My wife: Smart, pretty, and will condescend to using Ihagee apparatus if backed into a corner. The beer can is not hers. Taken with the Fujita 66 again. The normal lens is an f3.5 pre-set. The wide-angle, an example of which I don't own, has gained a certain infamy judging by a description in Ivor Matanle's Classic SLR book.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_the_waste Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Smart... Pretty... and puts up with a camera collector??? What a woman!!! Where do you buy a wife like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_oleson Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Hi Mark! You might like this: http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-36.html http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/collection9/page8.html Poke around the links on those pages, these cameras are a tinkerer's dream! rick :)=<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_oleson Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 The wide angle, by the way, is not so bad; and to be fair it should be judged in context: this was the FIRST retrofocus wide angle made for medium format, and was very popular among (believe it or not) Hasselblad users who had nothing to match it in their own line and so used the Kaligar with an adapter. On the other hand, it's no Flektagon either...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_oleson Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 I don't recall which cameras took which photos in most cases, but I know this one was taken with the Kalimar and its very respectable 80/3.5 triplet lens....<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_wilson4 Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 Rob, they're a dime a dozen in Cape Town. I just happened to luck in on a special deal. She speaks English with a posh Cape-Dutch accent and is now trying to learn Ontario English. [she lives in T'rana. She wants a double-double. Go Leafs Go] Richard, your Kalimar Reflex webpages are informative and wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_m Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 There is a LOT of mis-information in Matanle's book. Also lots of opinions communicated as facts. It's a shame so many people quote it like a bible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_oleson Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Well, anything that anyone writes is opinions. He sees things from his experience, I see them from mine. Matanle's books are a gold mine of well written information, even though I may disagree with some of his assessments...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_powell2 Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 And though I love both of his books to death, I also found that some of the lens comments (especially about the various lenses that went on old folders) are quite subjective. For example, he hates the Vaskar and says that the Novar is OK, but I've seen some wonderful images from both on photo.net. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h._p. Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Matanle, like any author, has to be taken with a suitably judged pinch of salt. On the other hand, he really does have some marvellous information on the cameras of the 'fifties and 'sixties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_eaton1 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Dear Mark Not an answer but a question (which I've posted on the medium format page): what filter size does a Fujita 66 take on its standard lens and also on its 150mm tele? And are these screw-in or push-on filters? (I'm in England for many months to come, where Ebay offers every kind of filter you could want, but my camera outfit is buried in storage back in Cape Town and there's no way I can physically examine & measure it myself until I'm home again -- and far away from the abundance of English Ebay.) I do hope you happen upon this query and can help. Enjoy the sunshine... (and cherish that Fujita: I've had mine since my father bought it for me in about 1958, and have NO plans to change its ownership). With best wishes Tony Eaton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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