weird electronics question

[ctc]

So;

I'm mowing the lawn today, and in the bushes I find what looks like a digital camera. It's a fake though; a dummy shell with the flash, lens, screen, buttons, etc snapped on. There's NO WAY this thing could ever work. I opened it, which required it to be unscrewed; implying it's not meant to be opened. Inside is a compartment for a "AA" battery; which had no leads but had spots for them. There was also a smaller battery compartment, which DID have leads, and held four tiny watch batteries. Hooked up to this was a weird black cyllinder and what seemed to be a three prong resitor. Attached to a separate circuit was the "arrows" button for what would be the screen control on a real camera. This button was attached to a swivel, almost like a joystick.

My question is; what the heck is this thing? Any ideas?

Don C.

[Brazoo]

They're on to you - RUN!

[EMCE Hammer]

It sounds like a fake kiddie camera to me.

[Brazoo]

Yeah - that was my first thought, but would the flash look that real?

[toyman]

Sounds like a non-functional display camera with a security device still attached that may not have served the purpose it was intended to do.T he small batteries was just to show the lights,never intended to actually work the camera.Just a guess.

[ctc]

>It sounds like a fake kiddie camera to me.

I thought of that; but it's made to look EXACTLY like a real one. Until you open it, and there's nothing inside; all the details are just surface.

>Sounds like a non-functional display camera

Makes sense. Thing is, none of the lights are hooked into the circuit; just the switch and that werid black cyllinder.

Don C.

[huedell]

Yeah - that was my first thought...

MY first thought was YOUR first post