dad gave me his camera

[catsman72]

so today I went on my boat with my dad and mom for mothers day and my dad noticed that I liked taking photos with my kodak z650.and when we got back he gave me his camera. its a kalimar sr200 slr. its about 35-40 years old. and for a lens it has a bushnell 90-230mm. has anyone herd of these companys I no kalimar is still alive but dose anyone no much about slr and this camera?

 

[Don Simon]

If it's a Kalimar, it's a rebadged version of someone else's design.

Does it look like a Zenit-E? (couple of links there).

If so there are scans of manuals here and here.

Basically it's a fully manual 35mm SLR with the 'm42' screw mount, meaning you can use it with an endless variety of second-hand lenses from various manufacturers including Pentax, Fuji, Carl Zeiss, Cosina, Mamiya, Schneider... in other words there's plenty of choice. Sorry I don't know anything about the Bushnell. I expect it's safe to say that it's someone else's lens rebranded but I'm not even 100% on that.

 

[Torus34]

Bushnell is known more for telescopic rifle sights, spotting scopes and binoculars than for camera lenses. A Bushnell M42 lens is most probably a rebrand. Kalimar 200 and Zenit E appear to be the same animal.

 

[Garbz]

Congrads. That's how I started out. Dad gave me his Nikon FE (about the same age). I hope he gave you a manual as well

 

[catsman72]

it is the same camera but the len on mine is about a foot long. and mine dose not have a flash holder. but other than that the only difference is names. its a awesome camera and its alot more fun than my z650 and thank you for the links and manuals. ill post a pic

 

[catsman72]

 

[catsman72]

sorry for the over sized photo

 

[wyfan64]

My Dad gave me my first camera also. It was his old Yashica 35mm, and let me tell you it took some really NICE photos! Enjoy learning on this camera

 

[justphotos]

WOHOAH!! that's one wicked lens.

 

[Iron Flatline]

RESIZE THE IMAGE!!!

 

[catsman72]

found out how to resize. this is my first time ever putting film in a camera. its a lot different than what im use to. and I messed up my first role. but luckly I got the 4 pack.. and it might just be me but I think I can take a lot better photos with this camera than my kodak z650.