NORITA 66 A HIDDEN GEM
NORITA 66 A HIDDEN GEM BY PIERRO POZELLA I have come across a few medium format cameras over the years of repairing from Pentax 67’s to Mamiya’s to Hasselblad’s to 1900,s Thornton Pickard’s and even Horseman 980. I have never been so surprised by the performance in image quality as I have from this Norita 66 since I first used a Leica . I have used the high end Hasselblad 500 series to the cheap, cheerful and very temperamental Pentacon Six TL, I have fallen for the 6x6 format overtime, however they have never shown much life or character of their own. The Hasselblad’s are stunning producing very sharp images, the Pentacon’s use carl Zeiss glass also, creating lovely swirl, but not one has even come close to what the Norita 66 has to offer. The overall design was advanced for its time being the first medium format camera with automatic mirror return. Despite the advancements there it is very heavy and uses a double advanced to wind on the film. The lens
