Electronically controlled camera
AssigneeAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakeo Kobayashi, Yasushi Tabata, Norio Numako, Katsutoshi Nagai
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Abstract
An electronically controlled camera comprises a zoom lens which is capable of being driven to move in the direction of the optical axis thereof within a zooming area between a tele extremity and a wide extremity. A single operation member is provided for instructing the movement direction of the zoom lens, and the zoom lens is driven to move either stepwisely or continuously in accordance with the operating amount of the operation member.
Claims7
An electronically controlled camera comprising a zoom lens which is capable of being driven to move in the direction of an optical axis of said zoom lens between a tele extremity and a wide extremity, said camera further comprising:
- a single operation member for selecting whether said zoom lens should move towards said tele extremity or said wide extremity and also whether said zoom lens should stepwisely or continuously move in said selected direction;
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- control means for driving said zoom lens to move either stepwisely or continuously between said tele and wide extremities in accordance with said operation of said single operation member.
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