Camera having mechanically linked zoom lens, retractable flash device and variable flash angle
US6535690B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 11, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B2215/051
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A camera includes a flash device movable between a withdrawn position, in which the flash device is received in a camera body, and an in-use position, in which the flash device protrudes from the camera body, an illumination-angle-varying mechanism for changing the illumination angle of the flash device, a lens barrel which is movable for magnification variation, and an operation-linkage mechanism serving, in mechanical linkage with the movement of the lens barrel, to move the flash device from the withdrawn position to the in-use position and to operate the illumination-angle-varying mechanism while the flash device is moving from the withdrawn position to the in-use position.
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