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US 5,349,417 AGranted
Camera
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorHidehiro Ogawa
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Abstract
A camera equipped with terminals serving as camera activating means, shutter releasing means, communication means and power supply means, all provided in an integral connector housing.
Claims2
A camera system comprising a camera and a plurality of external accessories selectively attachable to said camera, wherein said camera comprises:
- a terminal for forming a camera activating circuit;
- a terminal for forming a shutter releasing circuit;
- a terminal for forming a power supply circuit;
- a terminal for forming a data communication circuit;
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- a connector fixed on the camera body as an integral unit including all the above-mentioned terminals arranged in a predetermined positional relationship;
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- wherein said accessories are provided with respective connectors connectable with the connector of the camera and having respective groups of terminals corresponding to different groups of the above-mentioned terminals of the camera.
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