Rare and unusual MK-VR US Secret Service spy camera for microdot photos. It is one of very few existing prototypes for a camera used by NSA or CIA. It can make 11 very tiny high quality photos on one disc of film. The very small size makes it easy to conceal. It is smaller than any other subminiature cameras. The entire camera weighs 16 grams. The case is made of steel and finished in a durable military grey non-reflective type coating. The disc or cylinder shape case is 27mm diameter and is less than 5mm thick or tall. It's well made of steel or stainless steel. It has grooves along the outside for grip. The turret measures near 7mm at it's widest diameter and is just under 9mm tall. It locks in place as it advances over the film to take 11 separate microdot photos. Spring operated locking mechanism. Lens is a Rodidon 4 (proprietary RTS) – 3 elements with 4 lenses, F=5.6. The film plate appears to be aluminum. The back of the camera case unscrews and has a cross or "plus-sign "shaped slot. The slot is round in it's depth making it easy to open and close using nearly any denomination coin as a screw-driver. The back of the camera is also made of a type of steel. The only markings found on the camera are on the camera back. They are a small number "24" and "4 arc arrows" oriented at 90 degrees to one another and all pointing in the clockwise direction. Both the "24" and the "arrows" are cut or engraved (embossed) in the metal. It is one of the few Cold War Microdot type spy cameras that you can actually use as it takes film (24mm disc) cut from standard 35mm or larger format film. This camera was recently tested and used to make microdot photos. It functions well and produces fine micro-photos that are extremely small., c.1970

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