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gadgets.boingboing.net - 1/28/2009

Vintage, Vietnam-era camera gun - Boing Boing Gadgets

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115331a.jpg This fantastic movie camera with a rifle stock was apparently made for a Vietnam War reporter, and one can only wonder why: while it perhaps makes sense as a stabilizer, you'd think it would behoove the embededded film journalist to not look like he's packing when the Viet Cong ...

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i.gizmodo.com - 1/28/2009

A Vietnam Reporter's 8mm Camera Gun (If Looks Could Kill) [Cameras]

— i.gizmodo.com — 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. As Boing Boing Gadgets points out, even if the rifle components offered ... (more) A Vietnam Reporter's 8mm Camera Gun (If Looks Could ...

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Boing Boing Gadgets Carton Speaker review (video)

— youtube.com — http://gadgets.boingboing.net (more) Boing Boing Gadgets Carton Speaker review (video)

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Vintage Paillard Bolex H8 camera gun on eBay
CrunchGear — Attention camera fanatics, ebay has a listing for you. The Paillard Bolex H8 Military Gun was apparently used by a Vietnam war reporter and survived. Wartime details about the equipment isn’t listed but just think of the history this camera might have recorded. The buyer gets a few more lens along the original documentation and a case too. But is it worth the $1,318 Buy It Now price? via BBG

A Vietnam Reporter's 8mm Camera Gun (If Looks Could Kill) [Cameras]
Gizmodo — ... nothing but shoot film. 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] ...

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