Photo rifle
Photo rifles ( Photosniper ) are cameras that have a rifle-like stock and allow large focal lengths due to the relatively stable stop of the telephoto lens .
In the USSR , the Krasnogorsk camera works produced a number of special cameras with this shape during the Second World War and later from the mid-1960s. The first variant, equipped with the shortened wooden stock of a rifle, was built on a viewfinder camera with an attached mirror box. The post-war version was already based on a single-lens reflex camera . A detachable shoulder rest and a detachable pistol grip complete the construction. Both the diaphragm and the shutter are released from the barrel, for which the Zenit type SLR camera from the series has been modified. The focus of the lens is also set on the shaft. The use of regular lenses and shutter release on the camera is still possible.
The first variant is assumed to be used in military reconnaissance . About the often mentioned use of the later system by the military and police , nothing is known, the camera was also sold civilly. Nothing is known about a current production.
More photo rifles
The chronophotographic shotgun is a special historical serial camera .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Photo sniper in the collection of the German Spy Museum. In: German Spy Museum. Accessed June 24, 2020 (German).