There have been seven actors to date who've played the role of James Bond on the big screen. Discussions at parties over which one played it best can be never-ending. What I do like talking about, though, is the various cameras used by these actors over the decades.
Just when we think we've already unearthed the coolest spy cameras in the history of photography, something just pops up and proves us wrong. From the depths of ebay's vintage awesomeness comes a super rare and unique Soviet Era spy camera, concealed in an ornately decorated and curiously shaped gold ring.
Heads up, film photographers, spy camera fans, and vintage camera collectors! If you still have one of those super cool Minox subminiature cameras from the bygone years of espionage photography, you can finally give it a go with film now available from Blue Moon Camera and Machine.
If you're not yet convinced that Japan is the stuff of photographers' dreams, that will soon change with what you're about to read. Say hello to the cool and ultra rare DORYU 2-16, a pistol-shaped subminiature camera made in Japan from 1954 to 1956.