Serial No: 322317 LENS: 323415 Binocular camera for 10x14mm exposures on 16mm film, black Idemar 1: 3.5 / 90mm no.323415. These cameras were used by the German Secret Service (BND). No original case. It includes self-timer. The combined Cambinox is a camera with a pair of binoculars, manufactured by J.D. Möller Optische Werke GmbH of Wedel in Holstein, Germany, circa 1956-8. [1] This is the only chamber through which the company is known. Möller was founded in the nineteenth century as a manufacturer of optical instruments, and is still in business, Möller-Wedel as International, specializing in surgical microscopes, ophthalmic instruments, etc. [two] The camera takes images of 10x14 mm on a 16 mm film. Unlike other cameras / binoculars devices (see example Nicnon), camera and binoculars are essentially separate devices attached. The camera, mounted between the two telescope binoculars, has its own lens, a Idemar 90 mm f / 3.5. [3] The lens focuses regardless of the binoculars. Controlling the shutter speed of 1/30 offers to 1/800 seconds, and there are outlets for synchronization PC X and M. The knob film advance with a mechanical frame counter is between the two eyepieces. McKeown [4] indicates that there are two models: the S, which has an eyepiece reticle, and the Model N, which has none. Notes the auctioneer in Westlicht indicate that the West German secret service used the Cambinox.
This camera was made in the years 1956-8 by Möller-Wedel International in Germany in the footsteps of other similar cameras like the Teleca or Cyclops, the Toko brand. The manufacturer, which was called at that time J.D. Möller Optische Werke GmbH (Wedel) was actually a. maker of microscopes , to what today is still devoted
Unlike other binoculars with integrated camera, in this case the camera binoculars are two distinct elements, which have been combined (in fact achieves focus regardless of the binoculars)
The peculiarity of this camera model is that it says was used by the intelligence service of Germany in the West in the 50s, during the Cold War . not surprisingly, in their own advertising the product is sold as optimal for shooting without being perceived.
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The company Möller announced patent binocular with miniature camera combined the June 6, 1955, a technical breakthrough 60 years ago
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