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John Hill:
BTW, here is the famous Ruskie 'Foto Snaiper'..
I have one of these, they are sort of fun but the camera is a basic 35mm film camera, the lens is not auto focus but there is a focus control handy to the users left hand. They made several different sets, some in metal boxes, some in fake leather (vinyl covered cardboard). The focal length of the FotoSnaiper lens is 300mm.
The FS has a curious spring loaded diaphram, you set the desired aperture on a regular aperture ring then move button (small lever) to open the lens for focusing, when the trigger is pulled the first pressure releases the spring loaded aperture which closes down to the selected value and the next pressure actuates the camera through a special shutter release under the camera body. The lens shuts down with a gawdawful 'clang' and the associated vibrations must be allowed to subside before opening the shutter (by which time of course the wildlife subject is just a bobbing arse in the distance!). I managed to improve mine somewhat and got rid of most of the noise and vibration. However, considering that the trigger actuates the lens directly the Foto Snaiper lends itself quite nicely to a digital SLR, I found it simple to make an electrical contact on the trigger and the lens having a M42 mount is easily adapted to Pentax (and many other marques) cameras.
Forget all the KGB BS, though government agencies would have used them where they had the need the great majority were produced for the outdoor pursuits of the favoured classes and of course for export in the quest for hard currencies.
sbwhart:
You'd have to be carfull where you use it,
Before you'd know it you'll have a SWAT team bearing down on you.
SPREAD THEM BUDDY
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Stew
John Hill:
Gawd! Which country do you live in Stew?
Darren:
The squad team turned up for my son one sunny Sunday afternoon..
I'm not kidding this is true.....
He was outside playing with a plastic gun, one with a big red lump on the end, he was 7 years old.
They took it off him and made me feel like I'd committed a serious offense.
It was quite nerve wrecking at the time...
As good as that camera looks, and I can see what you are trying to achieve, there is no way I'd step outside my door with it.
John Hill:
Fortunately I am not so paranoid,
..I have carried this one around for about three years. Same camera but a smaller aperture lens, only 1:5.6, which is (usually) too dark for auto focus with the auto focus adapter. This one has manual focus controlled by the front handle via two "Bowden cables" (actually curtain wire with fishing trace inside).
I also take my Ruskie Foto Snaiper out some days too.
This is the sort of shot I can get.
Done with a 400mm lens on the aluminium frame stock.
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