Camera Beard

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Is it a beard? Or is it a camera? No one will guess that it is both! Great for infiltrating lumber yards, Canada, and strongmen competitions.
— Dapper Rogue Catalogue for the Gentleman Scoundrel

The Camera Beard is an unlockable Miscellaneous item for the Spy. It appears as a bushy, black, fake beard, covering the wearer's mouth, with a film camera cleverly hidden within.

The item description was written by Codo for the Hat Describing Contest and was slightly edited by Valve.

Painted variants

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Single colors
Painted Camera Beard E6E6E6.png Painted Camera Beard D8BED8.png Painted Camera Beard C5AF91.png Painted Camera Beard 7E7E7E.png
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey
Painted Camera Beard 141414.png Painted Camera Beard 2D2D24.png Painted Camera Beard 694D3A.png Painted Camera Beard 7C6C57.png
A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Painted Camera Beard A57545.png Painted Camera Beard CF7336.png Painted Camera Beard E7B53B.png Painted Camera Beard F0E68C.png
Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Painted Camera Beard E9967A.png Painted Camera Beard FF69B4.png Painted Camera Beard 7D4071.png Painted Camera Beard 51384A.png
Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet
Painted Camera Beard 2F4F4F.png Painted Camera Beard 424F3B.png Painted Camera Beard 808000.png Painted Camera Beard 729E42.png
A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green
Painted Camera Beard 32CD32.png Painted Camera Beard BCDDB3.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Painted Camera Beard A89A8C.png Painted Camera Beard 839FA3.png Painted Camera Beard 3B1F23.png Painted Camera Beard 18233D.png
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Painted Camera Beard B8383B.png Painted Camera Beard 5885A2.png Painted Camera Beard 483838.png Painted Camera Beard 384248.png
Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
Painted Camera Beard 803020.png Painted Camera Beard 256D8D.png Painted Camera Beard 654740.png Painted Camera Beard 28394D.png
The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Painted Camera Beard C36C2D.png Painted Camera Beard B88035.png Painted Camera Beard UNPAINTED.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted

Update history

December 17, 2009 Patch

  • Moved to the Misc loadout slot so the Camera Beard can be equipped with a hat.

December 22, 2009 Patch

  • Changed so the Camera Beard can be smelted into scrap metal.

March 19, 2010 Patch

  • Changed to be treated as a hat in crafting, allowing the Camera Beard to be used as an ingredient in the "Rebuild Headgear" crafting recipe.

December 2, 2010 Patch

  • The Camera Beard was made paintable.

Trivia

  • This item is a tongue-in-cheek reference to real-world spy micro-cameras, which are disguised as innocuous articles of clothing such as shirt buttons or wristwatches.
  • Initially, the Camera Beard was rejected by the Spy for being too ridiculous in the Sniper vs. Spy Update Day 4, and he chose the Cloak and Dagger and Dead Ringer instead.
  • The Mann Co. Store prices the Camera Beard at about 60% of the price listed in the Dapper Rogue Catalogue.
  • Before Camera Beards were included in the "Rebuild Headgear" crafting recipe, players could craft three of them into a scrap metal.
  • Prior to Camera Beards changing from a headwear item to a Miscellaneous item, they were still dropping at a high rate.