France 1955 – Spy Camera – 16 mm – Infrequent. The Stylophot is a pocketable mini camera which makes 10x10mm images on 16mm film. It was produced in France in 1955 and presented as a “pen” camera, due to its resemblance to a fountain pen … Read moreSecam
Stylophot – 93/99
Japan 1955 – Spy Camera – 8 mm – Rare. Produced around 1955 by Suzuki the Camera Lite is a Spy camera hidden in a zippo-like lighter. It was produced as a simplified version of another Spy Camera, the Echo 8. In 1953 the Echo 8 … Read moreSuzuki Optical
Camera Lite (model 1) – 86/99
Japan 1948 – Spy Camera – Custom film – Very rare. The Petal is an incredible device. It was the smallest subminiature camera in the world, produced by Sakura Seiki in Japan in 1948. It has a round (or octagonal) main body the size of … Read moreSakura Seiki
Petal – 65/99
Germany 1948 – Spy Camera – Custom film – Very Rare. The ABC Wristwatch camera, designed by Austrian Chemist Rudolph Steineck was first introduced in 1948 and was produced for 3 years. This fancy looking wristwatch is in reality a disguised sub-miniature camera allowing to … Read moreSteineck
ABC Wristwatch – 61/99
Switzerland 1957 – Subminiature – 35 mm – Rare. The Tessina, produced in Lugano in 1957, and is probably the smallest half-frame 35mm camera ever built. And possibly the strangest. It is a twin-lens reflex with pop-up viewfinder and a clock-work motor drive designed for … Read moreSiegrist
Tessina Automatic – 41/99
Kiev 1978 – Spy Camera – 16 mm – Infrequent. Starting 1978, Kiev Arsenal produced a special version of the Kiev 30 subminiature concealed inside a pack of “John Player Special” cigarettes. It was presented as a KGB spy camera to be used in the United Kingdom. … Read moreKiev Arsenal
Kiev 30 “JPS” – Bonus 2
Latvia 1938 – Spy Camera – Minox film – Very Rare. The Minox camera was invented by Latvian German named Walter Zapp in 1936 but gained its immense popularity when James Bond (George Lazenby) used a Minox A IIIs in “On Her Majesty’s Service” in … Read moreMinox
Riga – 10/99
USSR 1952 – Spy Camera – 21 mm – Rare. The KMZ Ajax-12 is a subminiature spy camera designed for the USSR intelligence service (KGB). The Ajax uses a spring wound clockwork mechanism allowing agents to take a series of shots without needing to manually … Read moreKMZ
AJAX-12 “KGB” – 4/99