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99CamerasClub
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588410519553
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ERC-721
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### SUZUKI OPTICAL - 1955 - JAPAN (TOKYO)
- **Spy Camera**
- **8 mm**
- **Rare**
Produced around 1955 by Suzuki the Camera Lite is a Spy camera hidden in a zippo-like lighter.
It was produced as a simplified version of another Spy Camera, the Echo 8. In 1953 the Echo 8 made an appearance in movie 'Roman Holiday'. A reporter, Gregory Peck, enlists a photographer to take some clandestine photographs of Audrey Hepburn with his trusty Echo 8 cigarette lighter/camera. Suzuki Optical, the manufacturer of the Echo 8, was caught completely off guard by the publicity and the massive demand for the Echo 8 and decided to produce a more accessible simplified version of the camera in 1955 : The Camera Lite.
It still had a cigarette lighter, but this new version had a less-expensive, fixed-focus lens producing 6x6 mm format images on tiny 8 mm film cassettes. The 'simplified' parts are that this model only had one shutter speed - 1/50, a fixed aperture, and a simpler, non-optical viewfinder.
The resulting camera is hardly usable and is probably more a novelty camera than an actual spy camera, but it is an incredible collectible bringing you back to one of the most iconic movies of all time.
### Associated project shares
- **1 Share** of the 99 Cameras Club project
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**Note** : This Collectible is not an official product from the represented camera manufacturer. It is a replica of an individual camera from the club's collection and holds no rights or relationships with its manufacturer. It should be regarded only as a token of patronage to the 99 Cameras Club.
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