Digital Camera Monocular in GoldenEye

photo © MGM
Digital Camera used by Pierce Brosnan in the movie GoldenEye
photo © MGM

In the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, Pierce Brosnan as Bond uses an MI6 issued digital camera / monocular to take photos of Xenia Onatopp from the Fort Antoine Theatre viewpoint.

Bond prints out the photos he takes with this 'camera' in his Aston Martin DB5 with the built-in Alpine 7817R CD Tuner which acted as a communication device and colour printer/fax.

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The brand and model of this gadget have not yet been identified. On the device, the letters FYSI, FYSL, PYSI or PYSL can be seen, plus a grey round button. This device could have been a product of the prop department, in which case it might be composed of parts of different electronic devices. It was suggested by Ed from the SpyBoys that it is in fact a rangefinder.

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From Wikipedia: A monocular is a modified refracting telescope used to magnify the images of distant objects by passing light through a series of lenses and sometimes prisms; the use of prisms results in a lightweight telescope. Volume and weight are less than half those of binoculars of similar optical properties, making it easy to carry. Monoculars produce 2-dimensional images, while binoculars add perception of depth (3 dimensions).

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ga046

Comments

It doesn't really look like the one used in the movie, but Sony just announced binoculars with built on camera (Link show official press release):

http://presscentre.sony.eu/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=6931&NewsAreaId=2

Prices start at 1400$ for the small DEV-3 and 2000$ for the DEV-5 which has a GPS module.

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