While most people on the front lines would hope to pack a 9mm or better, one Vietnam reporter carried this deadly-looking Bolex 8mm camera gun that did nothing but shoot film.
https://gizmodo.com/leica-gun-camera-appeals-to-trigger-happy-photographers-224659
As Boing Boing Gadgets points out, even if the rifle components offered the shooter some level of stability amidst the whizzing bullets of a war zone, would you ever want to look like you were aiming a gun at someone if you weren’t really aiming a gun at someone?
You can bid on this Bolex H-8 on eBay now (it’s over $1,000), or you can just get your kicks by just reading about all the vintage Bolex cameras instead. [eBay via bbGadgets]
