Robot Star Camera Custom Lens - vintage spy german

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Rare German-made ca. 1968 Robot Star precision camera (film, 35mm) with custom lens probably Carl Zeiss Jena. The lens is unmarked because it was a special order for the MfS, designed to be hidden behind a wall with the front end of the lens sticking out. Manual: /pdf_files/robot_star.pdf . These cameras were used by the KGB and the East German State Security (MfS) as trap cameras up until the mid 80-ies. The mechanical winder can be wound up by hand and camera can then be triggered remotely with a mechanical wire trigger and take 30 - 40 photos. Mechanically and optically fully functional. There is some white residue from a sticker next to the Robot Label on the front. I was there since I bought the camera in 1991 so I left it. It can be rubbed off with some sticker remover. This camera was used by the infamous Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, MfS ), commonly known as the Stasi. The Stasi was the official state security service of the German Democratic Republic or GDR , commonly known as East Germany . It was commonly acknowledged as one of the most effective and repressive intelligence and secret police agencies in the world, lead by the infamous KGB-trained Minister for State Security, Army General Erich Mielke . The Stasi was mostly occupied with spying on its own citizens, but had a foreign read more

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