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Camera allowing simultaneous sound recording

US4000940A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 1974
Grant dateJan 4, 1977
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Expiry dateSep 23, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B31/02
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a camera allowing simultaneous sound recording into which a film magazine housing a photographing film which can record sound information thus allowing simultaneous sound recording and an ordinary photographing film magazine can be selectively loaded. Also provided is a detection device to distinguish the kind of film magazines mentioned above and a linking mechanism which shifts the camera into a sound recording state in correspondence with the closing action of the magazine chamber cover of a camera only when the above mentioned detection device detects the film magazine which allows simultaneous sound recording.

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