Body structure or housing

A flat still camera wherein a hollow section of the housing is reciprocable relative to the main section to thereby actuate the shutter and/or the film transporting mechanism. When the hollow section is moved to an extended position in which it exposes the lens and the view finder, the two sections define...     

A line cut is marked in advance on a leather cover stuck on a camera, the size of the line cut area being accommodated with a size of a name plate or the like to be stuck on the camera so that a user of the camera may peel off the leather cover at the line cut portion so as to be able to easily stick...     

A spring-tightened bayonet-type connection for securing an accessory (for example, a flash unit) to a camera housing. A threaded pin or bolt on the accessory carries a cross bar or head of non-circular shape which can pass, in one position of orientation, through a similarly shaped opening in the camera...     

A carrying case is disclosed for photographic cameras of the compact collapsible type which may be extended or erected to an operative position without removal of the camera from the case. The case is constructed to safely contain the camera and securely support the same in all positions of camera movement...     

A one-piece light cone baffle for use in a camera comprising a frame and four walls integrally connected to the frame. The frame has centrally located therein a light-transmitting window. Each of the walls is connected to the frame by a hinge and is movable between a relaxed position extending outwardly...     

A light-intercepting member for preventing passage of transmitted light through those parts other than the opening of a focal plane shutter in a camera from reaching the surface of photographic film, is formed of a thin film of rubber and a cloth curtain of synthetic material adhered to at least one...     

Film forwarding means provided as a block unit in a rear portion of a camera, able to engage film from the rear thereof, and automatically moved to a position for film engagement when the camera is closed and moved out of this position when the camera is open, whereby film change is unhindered.

A photographic camera comprising a pair of winding shafts arranged below an exposure aperture, a pair of unwinding shafts arranged above a photographing lens, a front curtain and rear curtain each secured at one end to the winding shaft and at the other end to the unwinding shaft, and guide rollers for...     

A Cryogenic Camera in which an aluminum refrigeration chamber filled with dry ice or liquid nitrogen makes contact with the back of a metallic filmholder upon closing the hinged back of the camera, to which the refrigeration chamber is bolted. The filmholder is positioned within the camera body so as...     

A folding handle for photographic cameras of the type in which a film sheet assembly is withdrawn manually from the camera housing to effect spreading of processing fluid over the area of the sheet material during such withdrawal. The handle is connected to the camera housing on the end thereof opposite...     

In a single lens reflux camera an electromagnetic release initiates operation of an automatic diaphragm control, a mirror driver, and a shutter driver, in that order. The electromagnetic release device includes a mechanical output terminal for controling each mechanism and an electric input terminal....     

A camera body is molded out of plastic, and a metal block is incorporated into the camera body as it is molded. The metal block has an aperture for determining the size of picture and a rail face for guiding the film. Mounted on the camera body, which is capable of being equipped with the film feeding...     

A camera is provided with an objective supported by a housing of the camera or movement along its optical axis. A movable member is guided by the camera housing for movement transversely with respect to the optical axis, and this movable member has a pair of inclined surfaces. These inclined surfaces...     

A protective case for a pocket camera is positionable generally transversely to the camera body to serve as a handle therefor in an operating position. Upon swinging into a nonoperating position, the case obstructs an objective and a viewfinder of the camera.

A focal plane shutter unit for a camera has a dimension-stable framework which has a rear wall member provided with an exposure aperture and with a film guide channel defining a path of the film behind the exposure aperture and which has a front surface to which a support structure having means for receiving...     

A first battery powers the electrical system of an automatic photographic camera throughout each cycle of operation. A second camera battery is normally electrically isolated, and is connected with the first battery selectively during each operating cycle, especially during conditions of relatively high...     

Auto-process camera in which a processing roll unit is contained in a separate housing which is detachably mountable on a mount portion of the camera which defines a slit permitting passage of exposed film units from the interior of the camera to the processing roll unit and in which there is provided...     

An accessory unit, for example an electronic flash unit, for use with photographic apparatus has a housing provided with one or more connecting elements for detachably connecting the unit to the apparatus. The housing has a through-going, essentially slot-shaped passage through which self-developing...     

In a box camera having a front body portion and removable first and second rear body portions. The first rear body portion is removably mounted on the front body portion to focus the camera. After the camera has been focussed, the second rear body portion having a photosensitive sheet mounted therein...     

A camera body has an upper end provided with a slot and with a film chamber which is so dimensioned that it can receive an instant-picture film pack of rectangular shape in such an orientation that those narrow edges of the film sheets adjacent which each sheet has a compartment containing a supply of...     

A single lens reflex camera of compact construction provided with high and low speed controlling mechanisms for a shutter blind wherein the high speed controlling mechanism is received in a space defined by the bottom end of the winding shaft of the shutter, the base of a reflector body and the bottom...     

A camera case for use with cameras of the instant type is disclosed. The camera case of the present invention includes the feature that each of the various surfaces of the camera is fully protected by the case, while allowing easy access to each of the operating components of the camera. The camera case...     

A roll film camera of the type in which the exposed film must be rewound onto a supply reel within a magazine before the back cover of the camera is opened to remove the magazine from its chamber within the camera body. As a rewinding crank is operated by hand, when the film nears the terminal end as...     

A camera body includes at its rearside a frame having a rectangular window delineating the area of an image of an object projected onto the film and a pair of film guide longitudinal rails and is integrally formed of a reinforced polymeric resin or plastic material to reduce the weight thereof. Spacer...     

A photographic camera of the type having at least one reflection mirror positioned in a space between an objective lens optical system and a film plane so that an image bearing beam of light rays entering through the objective lens optical system after reflection from the mirror is deflected to the film...     

A sub-miniature photographic camera with a housing elongated in a direction transverse to the optical axis, and having a lens window opening and a viewfinder window opening in the front edge of the housing, spaced from each other in the direction of elongation of the housing. A cover plate or blind plate...     

A deformable camera case, alternatively usable as a camera stand, includes a wall in the form of a flexible cushion preferably filled with a plurality of small balls, that constitutes a pliable body capable of adjusting its shape to the contours of an object suitable for supporting the camera in a desired...     

An automatic camera being simple in handling and composition and provided with an accessory selectively mounted on the camera body or with an aperture value setting information device mounted on the camera body, so that the camera operation may select either the shutter time priority mode or the aperture...     

A camera back for processing film units of the self-developing or instant type. The camera back, which preferably is adapted to replace the back of a conventional camera, e.g., a 35 mm camera, includes a first housing for supporting a film cassette containing a stack of film units in position for exposure...     

A camera wherein a front housing which contains a photographing optical system, an exposure device, etc. is connected by a foldable connecting device such as a bellows or the like to a rear housing which contains a photosensitive material to be exposed to light, a view finder optical system, etc. During...     

A camera having powered mechanism for advancing a strip of film past a location at which the film is exposed to take a series of successive pictures on the film, with sensing means being provided adjacent the film and acting to respond to its longitudinal movement, and with automatic control means being...     

A support framework for a pentaprism is provided with hooks so that when a holding plate having resilient portions formed therein is brought into engagement at its eyes with the respective hooks over the pentaprism, it is engaged into the adjusted position by making use of the resilient characteristics...     

A compact zone focusing lens system is provided for use as a photographic camera objective. In the system, a positive meniscus lens is mounted in registration with the larger opening of a truncated, opaque, open-ended cone section the apical end of which serves as a maximum system aperture stop. A transparent...     

A panoramic camera is disclosed having a main body portion and a handle portion which is attached to the main body portion for rotation about a central axis. The main body portion includes a lens and slit arrangement with film being advanced within the camera with respect to the lens and slit arrangement....     

A suspension strap fastener for camera including a rear lid which is pivotally mounted on a camera body by means of a hinge comprising a core shank and a pair of hinge plates, is mounted on a portion of the shank which is not engaged by the hinge plates. The fastener is also formed with a connection...     

A motorized still camera has a housing which can receive film cassettes in a film chamber at the rear side of the housing. A motor-drive of the camera includes a motor which is located forwardly of the cassette take-up section, in direction towards the front side of the camera. A motor-controlling mechanism...     

A photographic camera has a housing provided with a film loading chamber, a film storage chamber and a film window. An arrangement is provided for transporting unexposed film from the loading chamber to the storage chamber and for subsequently transporting it intermittently past the film window for exposure...     

A self-developing camera has a box-camera type housing in which there is room to store one or more spare film packs. The housing requires an absolute minimum of packaging for storage, transportation and sale.

A camera body includes a plastic body formed by molding and having a central portion with film loading and windup chambers at its opposite ends. A reinforcing metal bracket or plate is positioned in and forms a part of the central portion, the plate having at least one connecting portion which interengages...     

A photographic camera has a housing the front wall of which is provided with a view finder having an inlet window and with a lens. A manually slidable first cover is movable to and from a position in which it covers the inlet window, and the second cover is movable to and from a new position in which...     

A film cartridge includes a first container for accommodating unexposed roll film and a second container for taking up exposed roll film, the first and second containers being separably connected with each other. A stationary holding member for holding the second container is mounted on the inner surface...     

A carrying strap is connected to an internally disposed surface of a cover member which is in covering relation to an access opening in a camera body. The cover member in covering the access opening also covers a test terminal which prior to application of the cover permits at least one operational component...     

An automatic focusing camera and interchangeable lens in which the camera body is provided with an automatic focusing control circuit, and an electric motor, also provided in the camera body and which operates in response to the output of the circuit, produces rotary motion which is transmitted to a...     

A wrist camera having a cassette housing for receiving a cassette, and a front housing enclosing a shutter assembly. The cassette includes a gear cup for holding a film in a recess of a first cassette disc, and a second cassette disc rotatably held in the first cassette disc. The cassette discs have...     

A camera having a distance measuring optical system and a photograph taking optical system is provided with an optical member carrying body formed by unifying a carrying member carrying at least a part of the photograph taking optical system and a carrying member carrying the distance measuring optical...     

A pinhole type camera is in the shape of a polyhedron and is formed from a cut and scored blank of paperboard. It is provided with a separate structure formed from a second cut and scored blank and disposed within the hollow polyhedron, the separate structure constraining photo-sensitive material along...     

A camera including a housing having a film compartment adapted to receive a film cartridge with a closure adapted to hold the film cartridge within the film compartment. The closure has a resilient finger movable therewith which is adapted to engage a projection on the surface of the film cartridge during...     

A film feeding device for a camera having a rewind fork axially movable to release the spool hub of a film cartridge from the coupling connection therewith when exchanging the exposed film cartridge, wherein a sensing member is provided for detecting either when a fresh film cartridge is inserted into...     

A mirror box formed of metal serves as a metallic portion constituting together with a plastic portion an essential part for imparting strength characteristics to a camera body. The metallic portion is provided with a base for a lens mount and with similar parts for assembling other element. During molding,...     

In an easy loading camera comprising a film magazine receiving chamber formed in the camera body on one side of the film aperture and shaped to permit insertion of a film magazine having a film leader thereinto in one axial direction of the film magazine, and a film leader guiding means for guiding the...     

A reflex photometric assembly for a camera is integrally formed of a reflecting member for directing light reflected by a shutter blind and a film surface to a photoelectric transducer element for photometry and a shield member for preventing the light reflected by the shutter blind and the film surface...     

A photographic roll film camera has a film supply chamber, a spoolless film take-up chamber, a transporting element for transporting the film between these chambers, and a film roll-forming element including a part of the wall of the take-up chamber formed in correspondence to a whole film roll, and...     

In a camera incorporating a photo-electro transducer therein, the photo-electro transducer is protected from adverse effects of electromagnetic wave noises with parts of the camera around the transducer being electrically conductive. A frame which encompasses and carries the transducer is made of a conductive...     

A photographic camera is provided with a magazine receiving chamber formed in the camera body and shaped to permit insertion of a film magazine having a film leader into the chamber only in one axial direction of the magazine, and inner and outer guide member for guiding the film leader in between the...     

A camera adapted to be loaded with a 35 mm film cassette having a cylindrical body and a tongue portion for defining a film exit slit through which the leader of the film projects, the tongue portion extending substantially tangentially from the side wall of the body. The camera has an openable backlid...     

A camera having a photovoltaic cell such as a solar cell is provided. A power supply circuit of a camera comprises a solar battery, a second battery and a switch. If the second battery is a secondary battery, the switch is closed to connect the solar and second batteries in parallel. Otherwise, the switch...     

A camera comprising two parts, i.e., a main camera body and a movable body portion, one of which includes a film supply chamber and the other includes a film take-up chamber. The movable body portion is capable of extensibly moving to its film loading position so as to get a lengthened film passage way...     

A disposable camera constructed to produce a single photograph and to collapse to a stored position. A top wall and bottom wall are spaced apart by a pair of inwardly folding side walls and a pair of outwardly folding side walls. A negative is slidably mounted adjacent the back wall and is alignable...     

A compact camera which includes an auto focus mechanism arranged above a shutter aperture between a film cartridge chamber and a film spool chamber at the same height above the light axis center as a strobe mechanism mounted above the spool chamber. A film winding and shutter charge gear is mounted above...     

The disclosed device controls the speed of a camera's motor driven film feed. Upon detection of the initiation of a blank frame feed operation, the high speed frame mode is selected to automatically feed the film a predetermined number of frames and then automatically return to a preset frame speed mode....     

A disc camera for use with a disc film cartridge includes upper and lower camera walls spaced from one another by a distance less than the height of the cartridge housed in a cartridge chamber. The upper wall is formed with an opening which allows a part of the cartridge housed in the cartridge chamber...     

A non-focusing camera featuring a conical louver and a plano-convex conical objective. The louver consists of a series of graduated concentric conical louvers with radial fins interposed. The conical louvers select rays of required inclination to the lens and intercept other rays. The selected rays are...     

A camera wherein a camera body is a rectangular shape and long sideways, a first camera parts accommodating chamber and a second camera parts accommodating chamber are disposed at the both sides of a film advancing unit including a film take-up chamber and a patrone chamber, respectively, and a rear...     

A quick mirror return mechanism includes a return spring and a quick return setting member, which are formed, in the region where they abut against each other, so that as the return spring is stressed, the resilient force of the return spring is directed closer to the direction in which a setting pawl...     

A camera of the type having interchangeable taking lenses with different focal lengths includes a lens cover with an opening formed therein for allowing light rays to enter a selected taking lens, and an optical path establishing member which can pivotally move in order to establish an optical path for...     

Disclosed is a method for reducing the dimensions of cameras by arranging the film supplying chamber and the film winding chamber on both sides of the aperture, and by projecting at least one of the external walls defining these chambers into the space behind the photographing lens to avoid interfering...     

A single lens reflex camera which can be modified to also function as a mid-format, more sophisticated camera which comprises a main camera body containing a film advancing lever, a film storage shaft and a film advancing shaft which connects with the film advancing lever, the film advancing shaft containing...     

In a bottom loading camera, a loading chamber receives a film cartridge in an axial direction substantially at the same time a film leader projecting from the cartridge is transversely received in a feed path between the loading chamber and a take-up chamber. By mounting a back door for pivoting proximate...     

A waterproof camera having portions liable to crack, or when scratched, to cause a loss of the optical performance is provided with a support frame in front of these portions to protect them. This support frame is made of elastic material, and is secured to the camera body by an expandable band.

The disclosed double-face flexible printed circuit board arranged in a precision apparatus such as a camera has a circuit pattern to electrically check the electrical circuit elements mounted thereon. The electrical check circuit pattern is disposed on one side of the board. The electrical circuit elements...     

A film feeding apparatus for a camera to feed a film from a cartridge is so structured that preparatory wind-up starts not immediately after a close signal indicating that a rear cover is closed is generated, but after a predetermined delay time elapses from generation of the close signal, i.e., after...     

An integrated plastic back lid for cameras is provided with a reinforcing metal plate firmly attached to the back lid for preventing the back lid from being deformed and a pressure plate for holding a film flat which is held resiliently by the reinforcing plate. For resiliently holding the pressure plate,...     

Logging of information pertaining to each separate frame of film is performed on separate sheets in a container. The base portion of the container forms a writing platform and the lid portion acts as a receptacle for the completed data sheets. Side walls on the lid help to retain the sheets while the...     

A camera body is constructed in a manner that two different types of AF lenses can be detachably attached thereto and the camera body can properly operate these types of AF lenses. The camera body detects the type of the attached one of the AF lenses and generates a corresponding detection signal according...     

A substantially shortened camera for use with the 110 cassette is achieved by removing the customary dispensing spool chamber from the camera entirely, and by configuring the outer surface of the imaging station wall to closely correspond to the confronting wall of the dispensing chamber of the cassette....     

A camera having a back cover capable of electrically communicating with the camera body. The camera body and the back cover each have a plurality of contact elements. When the back cover is closed on the camera body, their contact elements in each pair come in contact with each other so that electrical...     

A camera adapted to be loaded with a 35 mm film cassette having a cylindrical body and a tongue portion for defining a film exit slit through which the leader of the film projects, the tongue portion extending substantially tangentially from the side wall of the body. The camera has an openable backlid...     

The present invention relates to an arrangement for system cameras of the kind which have interchangeable component parts which may be attached to a camera body, said component parts communicating electrically with each other and with the camera body. Into this system has been incorporated a data bus...     

The present invention provides a bifocal camera capable of changing focal length of a photographic lens system and having lens drive means operable by a motor to switch the photographic lens system between a first focal length state wherein a main lens component is located at a rear position and a second...     

In a dual lens camera having a relatively long focal length lens and a relatively short focal length lens selectively used for telephoto and wide angle photography, the lens selection is controlled by movement of a movable mirror with respect to a fixed mirror to establish respective optical pahts for...     

A compact camera includes an elongate electronic flash unit that is mounted at the rear of the camera body, proximate a rear viewfinder window, for rotation generally about the viewfinder window. The flash unit is rotatable between a folded inoperative position within a recessed area of the camera body...     

A photographic camera having a photographic lens system freely settable to various focal lengths, an openable and closable lens cover disposed in front of the photographic lens system, an opening and closing mechanism for the lens cover, a motor for providing kinetic energy for the focal length changeover...     

In a camera having the body thereof molded with optical members inserted in a synthetic resin material, the parts of the resin material covering the periphery of each of the optical members on the inner and outer sides thereof are arranged to have a thickness ratio varying between about 1:0.5 and about...     

A lens-fitted photographic film package having a light-tight film case in which a taking lens, an exposure member and a roll film, with their associated elements, all of which are previously encased therein, is provided with a direct-vision viewfinder comprising a finder frame opening formed in a rearwardly...     

A handgrip is adapted to be connected selectively to either one of two opposite sides of a camera body. The handgrip is secured in fixed relation to the camera body to prevent relative movement between the two. A manually operated shutter release member is arranged on the camera body at a location substantially...     

The present invention relates to a box camera which comprises a rectangular body which is open at two opposite sides to define a housing which is formed of a completely dimensionally stable fiber reinforced thermosetting resin. A lens plate assembly including a lens mounting plate and lens mounting plate...     

A motor-driven shutter mechanism is provided with a lens protecting mechanism to protect the lens of a camera. The lens protecting mechanism consists of one or more lens guard members movable back and forth upon operation of the camera's motor-driven focussing and aperture setting mechanism to cover...     

A hand held weapon simulating a rifle, shotgun or pistol having a camera pivotally mounted in the area of the usual projectile insertion and ejecting mechanism which has its shutter, focus and f adjustment means mounted in or adjacent the firing chamber which camera is actuated by trigger action of the...     

Disclosed is a camera case having an air permeable, resilient body and air permeable resilient end plates. A novel method of assembling the case is also disclosed. The body of the case has first and second end edge portions and first and second side edge portions. The body also defines a front, bottom...     

An electrical contact unit is provided for a first main member, which has a mainly planar first mounting surface, and for a second main member, which has a mainly planar second mounting surface and is mountable on the first main member. The first mounting surface and the second mounting surface lie against...     

A film magazine for underwater cameras includes an outer housing attachable to an underwater camera. A seal is provided which seals the junction of the camera and film magazine. A pair of extended capacity film cannisters are supported within a film housing which in turn is received within the outer...     

A hand held weapon simulating a rifle, shotgun or pistol having a camera mounted in the area of the usual projectile insertion and ejecting mechanism which has its shutter, focus and f adjustment means mounted in or adjacent the firing chamber which camera is actuated by trigger action of the weapon...     

A camera includes a film feeding mechanism for feeding a film to take an exposure on a next frame, a charging mechanism, a focusing mechanism, a first actuator serving as a drive source for driving the film feeding mechanism, a second actuator serving as a drive source for driving the charging mechanism,...     

A camera incorporating a capacitor for flashing a flash device is arranged to have the capacitor disposed within a hollow portion of a film take-up spool, to have a power source battery accommodating space provided in the vicinity of the spool, and to have a motor which serves at least as a film transporting...     

In a camera with an electronic flash unit, an end portion of a reflector of the electronic flash unit is fixed to a camera main body, and the reflector is held by a press member and a cover which covers the camera main body.

A camera has a front cover with an inner wall and an opening for a movable lens barrel. An immovable annular member is spaced from the inner wall of the front cover. A light interception member, with elastic end projections and inner lips, is disposed in the space between the inner wall of the front...     

A 35 mm-wide photographic film without any perforations typically used to transport this kind of film has one side of its rectangular effective photographic area in a widthwise direction made substantially 30 mm long, thereby widening this effective photographic area, so that the image quality is improved....     

This invention discloses an improvement of a filter apparatus for cameras and particularly discloses various arrangements for improving the filter apparatus for cameras in which, for example, an operating means for placing a filter in and taking it out of the optical path is provided so that the operating...     

A film winding device for a camera is provided in which a drive motor is housed in a film winding spool, and an output shaft of the drive motor projects from the film winding spool. A reduction mechanism is provided between the output shaft and the film winding spool to rotate the film winding spool...     

A protective casing (1) for optical instruments, particularly for video cameras, having a tubular casing shell (2) with a sealed front wall (3) added to the respective end, a backwall (4), an instrument support (11) placed within the casing shell and rigidly connected to the backwall, and a casing support...