Walther 's , Bond 007 and the Photographic target shooter

[Jimny4x4]

Was just watching the BBC 4 documentary on photography and film .
Some will know of the story already but it was nice to see the actual photographer tell his story .
Many know the iconic image of Sean Connery with the Walther ( airpistol ) .
The photographer who took the image was quite famous and was hired for the publicity stills - and still alive he explained how it came about .
With Connery and the entourage having flown into town to his studio , the stills team had forgotten 'the gun' .
As it happened the photographer was a keen target shooter and hurriedly rushed to get his own Walther airpistol .
The idea he said was that nobody on set would know the difference and they didn't .
Then afterwards the plan was to edit the barrel off in post production after he submitted the stills to the production company .
Instructions were relayed , but nobody bothered .
Hence why we all know the image today .