Kalimar Inc. was an American distributor founded by Bob Lipsitz in 1952. It started importing Aires 35 cameras from Japan to the U.S.A. It distributed a number of rebadged cameras from Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany and the Soviet Union and also distributed the Barbie camera in 1993. It was acquired by Tiffen in 1999. The Kalimar FF10 was made in Taiwan and introduced about 1985. It is a 110 camera with a built in flash that has a flash ready light and an on/off switch. The 110 film camera also has a 28mm focus free lens, thumb push lever film advance, frame count view window on the back, appropriate good sized viewfinder, and a handy carry strap. The flash unit is powered by two AA batteries and has about a ten second turnover time.
The Kalimar FF10 Tidy Cat3, unlike the Taiwan version FF-10, was made in the Philippines and introduced about 1985. The TIDY CAT3 edition was a promotional camera.