

Vladislav Kern recently introduced us to the USSRPhoto collection of Soviet KGB spy cameras. He also introduced us to the lovely Victoria, but that's a whole other story.

Many of the KGB's cameras were clever hacks, like the ingenious movie camera disguise that allowed users to covertly shoot photos of subjects standing directly beside them. The inner workings of a standard Super 8 movie camera were replaced with a tiny F-21 Electronic camera positioned with the lens aimed toward a window in the right side of the case.