Camera with transversely displaceable objective
AssigneeJos. Schneider Optische Werke Kreuznach GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsAlbert Baab, Paul Himmelsbach
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Abstract
A camera housing carries an objective whose optical axis O is tiltable and/or transversely shiftable with respect to a reference line A passing centrally through an exposure window for adjusting the position of an object plane and/or eliminating perspective distortion with shots taken at certain angles. A presettable iris diaphragm and an adjoining shutter in the lens assembly of the objective are tripped, at the instant of exposure, by a deformable linkage in the shape of an articulated or flexible shaft extending generally parallel to the optical axis from the housing to the objective.
Claims4
In a camera comprising a housing with an exposure window and an objective secured to said housing for illuminating a photosensitive medium through said window, said objective being provided with exposure-controlling means and defining an optical axis normally aligned with a reference line passing substantially centrally through said window, adjustable mounting means securing said objective to said housing with freedom of disalignment of said optical axis from said reference line, and release means on said housing for initiating a picture-taking operation,
- the combination therewith of a mechanical linkage extending generally parallel to said optical axis from said release means to said exposure-controlling means for actuating same upon operation of said release means, said linkage including a rotatable shaft having a central portion, a first extremity connected with said central portion on the side of said housing, and a second extremity connected with said central portion on the side of said objective, said extremities being independently tiltable relatively to said central portion.
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