Hi,

These were advertised frequently in photo mags in the sixties and
seventies, and some stores still carry them.

gabriel bovino wrote:
> 
> Hey everyone,
> A friend of mine (actually my girlfriend's friend) just came back from
> California and paid us a visit.  His uncle gave him a lot of his photographic
> equipment (*ikon... no Pentax unfortunately).  Anyways, stowed away in his
> newly acquired treasure... he found a right angle lens, for lack of better
> words.
> 
> It was a lens, or what looked liked a lens to the common eye, with a large
> circular hole on the side of the rotatable lens barrel.  Within the hole, or
> missing circular portion of the barrel, was a mirror angled at 45 degrees with
> respect to the mount.
> 
> Within about 30 seconds we figured out what it was used for.... taking
> pictures of people without them knowing, good for street photography or candid
> shots.  You can basically screw it onto your current lens (52mm), point the
> camera 90 degrees away from the person like your taking an interesting shot of
> something else, wait for them to look at the person with the weird lens
> attached to their camera, and "presto"... you've got a picture of someone
> without them knowing about it or wanting to kick your $%& for doing so.
> 
> So my real question is... what is this accessory called and where the heck can
> I buy one?  I looked on EBay but couldn't find anything.

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Shel Belinkoff
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