Photographic camera with flash unit capable of changing illumination angle and separation from taking lens
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorAnthony DiRisio
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Abstract
A photographic camera comprises a camera body, and an electronic flash unit having a flash lens and light-emitting means capable of being separated to change the illumination angle of the flash unit. According to the invention, the flash unit is supported to permit the flash unit to be increasingly extended from the camera body, and regulating means connects the camera body with one of the flash lens and the light-emitting means for continuously separating the flash lens and the light-emitting means to vary the illumination angle of the flash unit as the flash unit is increasingly extended from the camera body.
Claims4
A photographic camera comprising a camera body, and an electronic flash unit having a flash lens and light-emitting means capable of being separated to change the illumination angle of said flash unit, is characterized in that:
- said flash unit is supported to permit the flash unit to be increasingly extended from said camera body;
- and
- regulating means connects said camera body with one of said flash lens and said light-emitting means for continuously separating the flash lens and the light-emitting means to vary the illumination angle of said flash unit as the flash unit is increasingly extended from the camera body.
A photographic camera comprising a camera body, a variable focal length taking lens capable of being continuously adjusted make its focal length longer, and an electronic flash unit having a flash lens and light-emitting means capable of being separated to change the illumination angle of said flash unit in response to the focal length of said taking lens being made longer, is characterized in that:
- drive means connects said taking lens with said flash unit for increasingly extending the flash unit from said camera body as the focal length of the taking lens is made longer;
- and
- regulating means connects said camera body with one of said flash lens and said light-emitting means for continuously separating the flash lens and the light-emitting means to vary the illumination angle of said flash unit as the flash unit is increasingly extended from the camera body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.