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 date | Apr 11, 1990 |
| Grant date | Dec 24, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 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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