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AssigneeKonica Corporation
InventorsTakemi Miyazaki, Kazuhiro Nakanishi, Yoshio Kakuta, Noriyuki Kaedeoka, Toshiki Fujisawa
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A camera having a trimming function capable of recording trimming information includes a lens barrel having a picture-taking lens capable of moving between protruding and retracting positions, a lens barrel driver to drive the lens barrel, a zoom viewfinder driver to change a magnification of the viewfinder, a film winder to winding a photographic film, a film rewinder to rewind the film, a motor to feed the film. The camera further includes a driver to drive the film winder when the motor is forwardly rotated, and also to drive the film rewinder or the zoom viewfinder driver when the motor is reversely rotated, and a switch to switch over between the zoom viewfinder driver and the film rewinder in accordance with a position of the lens barrel. The camera yet further includes a controller to activate the film rewinder by the reverse rotation of the motor when the lens barrel is located in a retracting position, and also to activating the zoom viewfinder driver by the reverse rotation of the motor when the lens barrel is located in a protruding position.
A camera having a trimming function capable of recording trimming information, said camera comprising:
A camera having a trimming function capable of recording trimming information, said camera comprising:
A camera having a trimming function capable of recording trimming information, said camera comprising:
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Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor: with means for separately producing marks on the film, e.g. title, time of exposure
Interlocking between shutter operation and advance of film or change of plate or cut-film: motor drive cameras
Still-picture cameras: roll-film cameras
Systems for exchange of information between different pieces of apparatus, e.g. for exchanging trimming information, for photo finishing: using…
Term ended 19 Jan 2014 (estimated)
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The present invention relates to a camera having a trimming function in which a photographic image region is set by a pseudo zooming means and the trimming information that has been set is optically or magnetically recorded on a film.
In a conventional camera having a trimming function, the trimming information is recorded on a film in the following manner:
The conventional camera having a trimming function includes, for example, a picture-taking lens of single focus and a zoom viewfinder by which the viewfinder magnification can be changed. A photographer selects a desired photographing range through this zoom viewfinder, and conducts a release operation so as to expose a film surface. Then, the trimming information representing an exposure image region corresponding to a visual field of the zoom viewfinder is recorded on a film.
In the detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention presented below, reference is made to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a front view of a camera having a trimming function;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the camera having a trimming function;
With reference to the accompanying drawings, an embodiment of the camera having a trimming function of the present invention will be explained in detail as follows.
As shown in FIG. 1, the camera having a trimming function includes a front cover 1, decorative panel and rear cover 3. At the center of the decorative panel 2, a picture-taking lens 4 of a single focus is provided so that the picture-taking lens 4 can be protruded and retracted. A zoom viewfinder 5, the magnification of which can be changed, is provided above the picture-taking lens 4. A light projecting window 6 is disposed on one side of the zoom viewfinder 5, and a light receiving window 7 is disposed on the other side. A photometry window 8 is disposed above the light receiving window 7. A strobe light emitting window 9 is disposed on the left of the light projecting window 6. This strobe light emitting window 9 is located distant from the picture-taking lens 4 so that the photography is not affected by the strobe light.
As illustrated in FIG. 2, the front cover 1 disposed in the upper portion of the camera having a trimming function includes a main switch 10, release switch 11, zoom switch 12, and rewinding switch 13. When the zoom switch 12 is operated, the magnification of the zoom viewfinder 5 is changed, so that an image region to be printed after trimming is indicated by a viewfinder frame. In this way, the trimming range is indicated. This zoom switch 12 composes a trimming range selection button S.