Kalimar Inc.

Kalimar Inc. was an American distributor founded by Bob Lipsitz in 1952, starting with importing cameras from Japan to the US. It distributed a number of rebadged cameras, lenses and other camera equipment from Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany and the Soviet Union. By 1960, Kalimar was responsible for importing 22% of all the Japanese photographic equipment into the US. His cameras were used by NASA on the 1965 Gemini 5 space flight. 

Robert Joseph Lipsitz

They were known for "skinned" camera's such as the "Barbie" and "Loony Toones" camera's. It was acquired by Tiffen in 1999 (Tiffen press release).

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