Made in Occupied Japan

link:
https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/30/oldest-surviving-nikon-fetches-406k-at-auction/

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i'm much more interested in this wack ass leica rifle thing from the same auction... the fuck is this supposed to be used for?

>>2975812

how have you been here for years and have never seen the fotosnaiper or something close to it?

it's a way to shoot extreme telephoto handheld. a camera is much more braced against your armpit.

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>>2975813
i guess i remember seeing something similar, but I thought it was a handgun/pistol rather than a rifle.

anyway, what about this? a secret camera in a pack of smokes: http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=4&L=1
this auction catalog is pretty fun to browse thru.

>>2975812
Same thing as the russian photosniper, mainly for wildlife photographers and for the KGB spying on people.
It just makes holding the heavy setup and using it more comfortable after a long waiting period.
Eggy has a modern equivalent which he say is a cheap brittle plastic shit compared to the ruggedness of the old gunstock designs.

>>2975785
>Also the Occupied Japan thing makes this an actual American product.
no it doesnt

>>2975825
So what would it be then? Nuclear byproduct?

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>>2975785
>>2975825
>>2975827
As far as I know, just a Japanese camera made while under US occupation. I don't think the US has ever considered territories to be "part of the US" while occupied, though I may be wrong.

>>2975813
>>2975823
More speculation here, but I know that some of these "rifle cameras" were actually made for gunnery training, not for taking better photos. Basically it was a way for trainees, usually aircraft gunners, to learn to properly lead targets and for their instructors to score them, without having to shoot up shitloads of expensive flying targets with real ammo. Here's a similar thing based on a Lewis Gun.

The Leica one is weird because it's more like a normal handheld rifle, but gunners in training did a lot of skeet shooting with normal shotguns and maybe Leica thought there was a market for a camera alternative. (And the fact that there wasn't could explain why so few were ever made.)

On the other hand, it could easily be intended for exactly the same purpose as the Foto-Snaiper.

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>>2975812
That's fucking hot. I'll take it that the front trigger winds the film, while the rear one fires the shutter?

>>2975812
oh shit this thing looks nicer than the fotosnaiper

>>2975785
>Oldest surviving Nikon was sold at an auction for $406k
Yep, that's quite retarded.

>>2977129
Very interesting, thanks for sharing

>>2975785
what a waste of money.
just buy a6300 with kit lens

seems low for 'the oldest surving canon'

>>2975812
bring this to trump's inauguration.
see what happens.

>>2977129
pretty sure the leica one was intended for steady telephoto

shooting telephoto and shooting projectiles at long range have a lot in common. I kinda liken cameras to guns