Camera having a flash unit built therein
US4515453A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 10, 1984 |
| Grant date | May 7, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B2215/0535
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A camera for exposing a film to the image of an object to be photographed includes housing means, flashlight emitting means having a light-emitting portion for applying light toward the object to be photographed, the light-emitting portion being movable between a first position in which it is projected from the housing means and a second position in which it is received in the housing means, and an optical member provided in the housing means so as to be positioned between the light-emitting portion and the object to be photographed when the light-emitting portion is in the second position, the member having an optical characteristic for an area in which light is applied to the object to be photographed from the light-emitting portion through the optical member to change relative to an area in which light is directly applied to the object to be photographed from the light-emitting portion.
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