Patent · US Expired

Camera with manually operable means for designating and altering the kind of photographic data

US5075710A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 11, 1990
Grant dateDec 24, 1991
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Expiry dateApr 11, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2217/18
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A camera includes a cover for the upper side of the camera body and having a projecting portion shaped as a pentagonal prism with a first manual operable member located at the cover on a first side of the projecting portion for designating one of a plurality of kinds of photographic data. A second manually operable member is located at the cover on a second side of the projecting portion and alters any of the plurality of the kinds of photographic data in combination with the actual designation of the first manually operable member. The designated photographic data is indicated by a display located at the cover on the second side of the projecting portion. A third manually operable member, also located at the cover on the second side of the projecting portion, initiates exposure operation of the camera.

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