Much interest is being shown in Christopher Andrew’s new book Defend the Realm: The Official History of MI5 with various luminaries popping up in the press 1, 2, 3 to tell us what good, no good, lies and misdemeanors we paid our spies to commit while following a random and rather large contingent of citizens for many decades, the inevitable suspect communists, student revolutionaries, protest groups, artists, oh any manner of lefties, righties, shoppers, coppers.
This photograph allegedly shows a 1970s surveillance camera/lens combination being pointed at ah, ‘Soviet Bloc Intelligence officers’ (not my caps). With a lens like that you’d be able to see inside their pockets. Anyone like a guess at its focal length? And what’s the silvery SLR? Surely it can’t be a ZenitE, can it?
Mine’s got a f2.8 practika lens on it at the moment. More Zenit?
You can get these for around £10-15, maybe even less at a car boot or flea market. Or try Paul Cordes at Classic Photographics. The Zenit 11 has a better viewfinder:
.. and you might even be able to find a snazzy strap. Superb black and white negs, MI5 style, for a tenner, plus about £2 for a roll of film.
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MI5’s Mysterious 3ft SLR
Much interest is being shown in Christopher Andrew’s new book Defend the Realm: The Official History of MI5 with various luminaries popping up in the press 1, 2, 3 to tell us what good, no good, lies and misdemeanors we paid our spies to commit while following a random and rather large contingent of citizens for many decades, the inevitable suspect communists, student revolutionaries, protest groups, artists, oh any manner of lefties, righties, shoppers, coppers.
This photograph allegedly shows a 1970s surveillance camera/lens combination being pointed at ah, ‘Soviet Bloc Intelligence officers’ (not my caps). With a lens like that you’d be able to see inside their pockets. Anyone like a guess at its focal length? And what’s the silvery SLR? Surely it can’t be a ZenitE, can it?
Mine’s got a f2.8 practika lens on it at the moment. More Zenit?
You can get these for around £10-15, maybe even less at a car boot or flea market. Or try Paul Cordes at Classic Photographics. The Zenit 11 has a better viewfinder:
.. and you might even be able to find a snazzy strap. Superb black and white negs, MI5 style, for a tenner, plus about £2 for a roll of film.
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Popularity: 2% [?]