Camera

A camera comprising:

• a first lens unit, formed of a plurality of lenses, on which a light beam is incident from a subject,
• a reflective member for reflecting a light beam, which has come from the subject and has been transmitted through the first lens unit, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the first lens unit,
• a first diaphragm member which is arranged on a surface of a lens of the first lens unit closest to the reflective member with the surface of the lens facing the reflective member, and which blocks unwanted rays of light other than the light beam that contributes to the forming of the image of the subject on an image formation surface,
• a second lens unit, formed of a plurality of lenses, on which the light beam reflected from the reflective member is incident,
• a second diaphragm member which is arranged between the first lens unit and the second lens unit, and blocks unwanted rays of light that travel outside the outermost periphery at which the light beam forming the subject image traveling from the first lens unit to the reflective member intersects the light beam forming the subject image traveling from the reflective member to the second lens unit,
• a third diaphragm member, arranged in the vicinity of a surface of the lens of the second lens unit closest to the reflective member with the surface of the lens facing the reflective member, for blocking unwanted rays of light other than the light beam contributing to the formation of the subject image, and
• an unwanted ray-of-light reflection prevention member which is arranged on the reflective member to prevent rays of light from being reflected from a region thereof other than the region thereof on which the light beam forming the subject image is incident.

A camera comprising:

• a first lens unit, formed of a plurality of lenses, on which a light beam is incident from a subject,
• a reflective member for reflecting a light beam, which has come from the subject and has been transmitted through the first lens unit, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the first lens unit,
• a first diaphragm member which is arranged on a surface of a lens of the first lens unit closest to the reflective member with the surface of the lens facing the reflective member, and which blocks unwanted rays of light other than the light beam that contributes to the forming of the image of the subject on an image-forming surface,
• a second lens unit, formed of a plurality of lenses, on which the light beam reflected from the reflective member is incident, and
• at least either one of a second diaphragm member or an unwanted ray-of-light reflection prevention member, wherein the second diaphragm member is arranged between the first lens unit and the second lens unit, and blocks unwanted rays of light that travel outside the outermost periphery at which the light beam forming the subject image traveling from the first lens unit to the reflective member intersects the light beam forming the subject image traveling from the reflective member to the second lens unit, and the unwanted ray-of-light reflection prevention member is arranged on the reflective member to prevent rays of light from being reflected from a region thereof other than the region thereof on which the light beam forming the subject image is incident.

A camera comprising:

• a first lens unit, formed of a plurality of lenses, on which a light beam is incident from a subject,
• a reflective member for reflecting a light beam, which has come from the subject and has been transmitted through the first lens unit, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the first lens unit,
• a first diaphragm member which is arranged on a surface of a lens of the first lens unit closest to the reflective member with the surface of the lens facing the reflective member, and which blocks unwanted rays of light other than the light beam that contributes to the forming of the image of the subject on an image formation surface,
• a second lens unit, formed of a plurality of lenses, on which the light beam reflected from the reflective member is incident,
• a second diaphragm member which is arranged between the first lens unit and the second lens unit, and blocks unwanted rays of light that travel outside the outermost periphery at which the light beam forming the subject image traveling from the first lens unit to the reflective member intersects the light beam forming the subject image traveling from the reflective member to the second lens unit, and
• an unwanted ray-of-light reflection prevention member which is arranged on the reflective member to prevent rays of light from being reflected from a region thereof other than the region thereof on which the light beam forming the subject image is incident.

A camera comprising:

• a first lens unit, formed of a plurality of lenses, on which a light beam is incident from a subject,
• a reflective member for reflecting a light beam, which has come from the subject and has been transmitted through the first lens unit, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the first lens unit,
• a subject image capturing device arranged at a location where the light beam reflected from the reflective member forms the subject image, and mounted integrally with a frame member,
• a focus adjusting mechanism which performs a focus adjustment operation for the subject image by varying the distance between the reflective member and the subject image capturing device, and
• a subject light beam incident window, formed in a housing member, and having an opening dimension that permits the light beam from the subject incident on the first lens unit to be transmitted therethrough, wherein the window has the long edge thereof to permit the light beam incident on the first lens unit to be transmitted therethrough regardless of when the distance between the reflective member and the subject image capturing device, which is varied in response to the focus adjustment operation, is set to be shortest or when the distance between the reflective member and the subject image capturing device is set to be longest.

A camera comprising:

• a flat and elongated casing,
• a battery holder for holding a battery, arranged near one end of the longitudinal casing, and having a portion thereof shortest in dimension aligned with the direction of depth of the flat shape of the casing,
• a recording medium container with at least a portion thereof stacked on the battery holder in the direction of depth of the casing, and with a portion thereof shortest in dimension aligned with the direction of depth of the casing,
• a photographing optical system, arranged near the other end of the longitudinal casing, for bending an incident light beam from a subject and forming the image on an image pickup surface,
• an operation switch, and
• a display,
• wherein at least a portion of at least one of the operation switch and the display is stacked on the photographing optical system in the direction of depth of the casing, and the operation switch and the display are not stacked on each other on the projection plane of the casing when viewed from the subject.

A camera comprising:

• a flat and elongated casing,
• a battery holder for holding a battery, arranged near one end of the elongated casing, and having a portion thereof shortest in dimension aligned with the direction of depth of the flat shape of the casing,
• a photographing optical system, arranged near the other end of the elongated casing, for bending an incident light beam from a subject and forming the image on an image pickup surface thereof,
• an image pickup board which is arranged in parallel with an image pickup surface of an image pickup device and receives an output signal from the image pickup device, wherein the image pickup surface of the image pickup device is arranged in the image pickup surface of the photographing optical system, and
• a circuit board having an outer shape that is stacked on the battery holder in the direction of depth of the casing, but is not stacked on the photographing optical system in the direction of depth of the casing, and generally coextends with the plane of the casing when viewed from the subject.

A camera comprising:

• a flat casing,
• a battery holder for holding a battery, arranged near one end of the casing, and having a portion thereof shortest in dimension aligned with the direction of depth of the flat shape of the casing,
• a photographing optical system, arranged near the other end of the casing, for bending an incident light beam from a subject and forming the image on an image pickup surface thereof,
• a first circuit board having an outer shape that is stacked on the battery holder in the direction of depth of the casing, but is not stacked on the photographing optical system in the direction of depth, and substantially coextends with the projection plane of the casing when viewed from the subject, and
• a second circuit board having a shape not stacked on the battery holder and the photographing optical system in the direction of depth of the casing.

A camera comprising:

• a flat casing,
• a battery holder for holding a battery, arranged near one end of the casing, and having a portion thereof shortest in dimension aligned with the direction of depth of the flat shape of the casing,
• a photographing optical system, arranged near the other end of the casing, for bending an incident light beam from a subject and forming the image on an image pickup surface thereof,
• an image pickup board which is arranged in parallel with an image pickup surface of an image pickup device and receives an output signal from the image pickup device, wherein the image pickup surface of the image pickup device is arranged in the image pickup surface of the photographing optical system,
• a first circuit board having an outer shape that is stacked on the battery holder in the direction of depth of the casing, but is not stacked on the photographing optical system in the direction of depth, and substantially coextends with the projection plane of the casing when viewed from the subject, and
• a second circuit board having a shape not stacked on the battery holder and the photographing optical system in the direction of depth of the casing.

A camera comprising:

• a flat casing,
• a battery holder arranged inside the casing,
• a circuit board arranged with at least a portion thereof stacked on the battery holder in the direction of depth of the casing, and
• a flat electrical-double-layer capacitor stacked and arranged with at least a portion thereof stacked on both the battery holder and the circuit board.

A camera comprising:

• a flat casing,
• a battery holder arranged inside the casing,
• a circuit board arranged with at least a portion thereof stacked on the battery holder in the direction of depth of the casing,
• a recording medium container, mounted on the circuit board with at least a portion of the recording medium container stacked on the battery holder, for storing video data, and
• an electrical-double-layer capacitor stacked and arranged with at least a portion thereof stacked on all of the battery holder, circuit board and the recording medium container.

An electronic camera comprising:

• a camera body,
• a photographing optical system having a reflective surface thereof, for bending an optical axis, in the vicinity of a light incident area of the camera body, and arranged in the camera body so that the length direction thereof, aligned with the optical axis reflected from the reflective surface, is in parallel with the bottom plane of the camera,
• an optical finder arranged above the photographing optical system with the length direction of the optical finder aligned to be in parallel with the length direction of the photographing optical system, and
• a stroboscopic capacitor arranged below the photographing optical system with the length direction of the stroboscopic capacitor aligned to be in parallel with the length direction of the photographing optical system.

An electronic camera comprising:

• a casing,
• a photographing optical system, arranged in the casing, for forming an image of a subject in front of the casing,
• an image pickup device, integrally assembled with the photographing optical system, for picking up the subject image formed by the photographing optical system,
• an image pickup board connected to the image pickup device, and
• a first circuit board fixed to the casing with at least a portion thereof stacked on the image pickup board in the direction of depth of the casing,
• wherein the image pickup board is mounted in the casing subsequent to the mounting of the photographing optical system and the first circuit board in the casing, and the image pickup board is fixed and connected to a terminal of the image pickup device.

An electronic camera comprising:

• a casing,
• a photographing optical system, arranged in the casing, for capturing an image of a subject in front of the casing,
• an image pickup device, integrally assembled with the photographing optical system, for picking up the subject image formed by the photographing optical system,
• an image pickup board connected to the image pickup device,
• a first circuit board fixed to the casing with at least a portion thereof stacked on the image pickup board in the direction of depth of the casing, and
• a second circuit board having a connector on the back side thereof, and mounted with at least a portion thereof stacked on both the image pickup board and the first circuit board in the direction of depth of the casing, and with a connector arranged on the first circuit board connected to the connector arranged on the back side of the second circuit board,
• wherein the image pickup board is fixed in the casing subsequent to the mounting of the photographing optical system and the first circuit board in the casing, and the image pickup board is fixed to and connected to a terminal of the image pickup device.

An electronic camera comprising:

• a casing,
• a photographing optical system, arranged inside the casing, for capturing an image of a subject in front of the casing,
• an image pickup device, integrally assembled with the photographing optical system, for picking up the subject image formed by the photographing optical system,
• an image pickup board connected to the image pickup device,
• a first circuit board fixed to the casing with at least a portion thereof stacked on the image pickup board in the direction of depth of the casing, and
• a second circuit board fixed to the casing and mounted with at least a portion thereof stacked on the image pickup board and the first circuit board in the direction of depth of the casing,
• wherein the image pickup board is fixed in the casing subsequent to the mounting of the photographing optical system, the first circuit board, and the second circuit board in the casing, and the image pickup board is fixed to and connected to a terminal of the image pickup device.