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Chris Burns on August 10, 2009 11:37 AM
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DORYU 2-16 Pistol Camera

Today I’ve got to share with you the greatest video camera I have ever seen in the world, ever. It is the DORYU 2-16 pistol camera. It is 16mm, Japanese police-issue camera. I found one of these pictures through DenBompa with no info attached, so I had to do a little searching on my own. Turns out http://akiroom.com/ had just what I needed! Also thank you to Mr. Ryu Koakimoto for holding the pistol.

The following research is a 16mm camera like a joke.
This camera is a serious camera for the police, and not a toy.
It is a pistol camera DORYU 2-16 famous as rare and valuable camera.
The DORYU 2-16 has the same C mount as the 16mm movie camera.
A Cine-Nikkor 25mm F1.4 lens was able to be mounted in the DORYU 2-16 pistol camera.
You can find the small lens for GOLDECK 16 on the table.
A sniper who has the pistol is Ryu Koakimoto-san.

It’s a strange world we live in.

I’d love to own one of these, but then there’s always the issue of being able to use it. I WOULDN’T be able to use it. People get in mad trouble for using airsoft guns around here, don’t you think I’d get totally busted for using a video pistol gun?! Cripes.

Anyway, this is a design masterpiece. Feast your eyes upon it. And if you’ve got a line on one, send a mail my way. Thats chrisb @ worldfamousdesignjunkies.com – I mean it, no joke! This post is straight outta the World Famous Design Junkies weird files.

130 Comments

  • Posted by edward | 08.13.09

    Add it with superb zoom capacity, this gadget is definitely the coolest spy gadgets,

  • Posted by Nino | 08.19.09

    “the greatest video camera you ever seen…” is it a 16mm film camera? Does it use 16mm film?

  • Posted by Chris Burns | 08.19.09

    As far as I know, it shoots 16mm film, yes.

  • Posted by yamamura (Kazuhisa Yamamura) | 08.31.09

    Twitter Comment


    ピストル型カメラ　かっこいい！　空港で出したら即取り押さえられるかも　[link to post]

    – Posted using Chat Catcher

  • Posted by rotzombie (thezombie) | 08.31.09

    Twitter Comment


    なんか、ロシアの毒ガス銃みたいな感じが… RT @yamamura ピストル型カメラ　かっこいい！　空港で出したら即取り押さえられるかも　[link to post]

    – Posted using Chat Catcher

  • Posted by QuBe | 03.05.10

    Usable only by those who like the searing hot kiss of lead.
    Seriously, name one place in the world you could take that thing out and use it without either being violently arrested, fined or actually made into swiss cheese by police.

  • Posted by straw jack | 03.09.10

    the pistol camera will seem good but how we will use this camera we have permission for shot not to shoot the people so by carefully we can use this camera in the life you got people!

  • Posted by kawaii-girl | 05.28.10

    Strange in a way but it’s pretty awesome. I wish I could own this cool pistol camera…or because my dad likes gun and the likes..I could buy it and give it to him as a present. He’d love it. ^^*

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