The rare ‘police-issue’ Doryu 2-16 is believed to have been developed for surveillance work, and for officers to photograph protesters during demonstrations.
Dating from around 1955, the Doryu 2-16 pistol camera used bullet-shaped
flash cartridges and captured 10x10mm images on 16mm film.
Experts at Special Auction Services in Berkshire stress that the Doryu 2-16 camera is ‘not a novelty’, but was built for a purpose.
The subminiature camera went under the hammer for £9,000 last month, despite a missing film cartridge.
