The first camera I ever
owned was part of the “Secret Sam” spy outfit, made by Topper,
and introduced in 1965. I think it was a couple of years later that I
received mine, as either a birthday or Christmas present.
It consisted of an
attaché case with all the things a modern spy needed, including a
machine gun and a camera. Both the gun and the camera could be fired
while the case was closed, making it the ideal outfit for covert
operations. The camera is an ultra simple 127 format box camera,
taking 16 exposure on a roll, the only thing that marks it out from
similar run of the mill plastic cameras is that it has an extra long
shutter release lever, which passes through a hole in the case,
allowing the shutter to be triggered discretely. The rest of the
outfit has long since disappeared into the past, but the camera
survives, and still works.
I loaded it with a roll of Efke 100 black and white film, and set off on a mission...
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