Camera Beard
“ | 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
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The Camera Beard is a miscellaneous item for the Spy. It is a bushy, black fake beard, covering the wearer's face from the nostrils down, 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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Update history
August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)
- The Camera Beard was added to the game.
December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)
- Moved to the Misc loadout slot so this miscellaneous item can be equipped with a hat.
- Changed so this miscellaneous item can be smelted into scrap metal.
- Changed to be treated as a hat in crafting, allowing this item to be used as an ingredient in the "Rebuild Headgear" crafting recipe.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for this miscellaneous item.
- This miscellaneous item 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, or in this case, a fake beard.
- Initially, the Camera Beard was rejected by the Spy for being too ridiculous in the Sniper vs. Spy Update Day 4, and he chose to purchase 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 headgear item to a miscellaneous item, they were dropping at a high rate.
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