Berning Robot SC Electronic 35mm camera
Serial number 0-01486. Schneider Xenagon 30mm lens, for covert uses. This 35mm camera manufactured in the 1980s takes images 16x16mm in size on its own small diameter cassettes which allow 40 monochrome or 35 colour images to be taken (colour film being thicker than black and white, hence the different capacities). The camera has an interchangeable back, eliminating the need for rewinding film in camera. The camera uses a TTL metering system. The lens has a fixed f5.6 aperture, which allows shutter speeds to be set between 4 and 1/500 of a second. Manual settings are possible. Images can be shot at the rate of one frame every 1.5 seconds. The slowness of the motorised wind on minimises the noise of the camera operationally. Various shutter release mechanisms are known, both mechanical and electronic, including radio control. Mossad allegedly developed an infra-red pulse controlled shutter release. Purported to have been designed to the specifications of the Israeli intelligence service, the camera was intended for covert surveillance. Both its size being around the size of a cigarette packet and its silent operation make it very suitable. It was also certainly used by the East German STASI and other intelligence agencies. The size of the camera lends itself to use in a variety of concealments. Examples evidenced include Sony ‘Walkman’ cassette players, books and handbags. A high quality button frontage for the lens exists. This model comes with an adapted bag concealment, where the lens shoots through a decorative metal emblem on the side of the bag and the shutter is fired by a concealed button. and many more videos from spycamerasaurus, @spycamerasaurus3745
