Cigarette Box Camera- Kiev 30 as a spy camera

The miniature camera is often used as the spy camera.
Each country developed the camera exclusively for its intelligence on their own, othrewise they used the camera on the market that was adequate for the mission.
The 16mm miniature camera is one of the most adequate camera for the use of that kind, and quite the number of them was actually built in other products and used.
As of Kiev 30, it was built in the metallic fake cigarette box (John Player Special : The cigarette popular in England). This cigarette box was reproduced closely with metal.
Cocking the shutter with the fake cigarette poping up from the box, and releasing it with the small button on the box back.
In addition to this, two real cigarettes can be put in this fake box.

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