Dual-mode camera for three-dimensional and two-dimensional photography

A camera for stereoscopic photography functionable both in a stereoscopic mode and in a normal mode, said camera comprising:

• a camera body having a front portion and a rear portion,
• a plurality of lenses provided on the front face of said camera body and arranged horizontally in a line,
• a plurality of film chambers provided inside said camera body and each corresponding to each of said plurality of lenses,
• a film feeding device that, upon photographing, feeds a film strip such that a film surface is positioned in each of said plurality of film chambers and exposable to each of image-forming lights from said plurality of lenses, thus forming a plurality of spaced-apart film surfaces,
• a plurality of partition members each provided between two adjacent ones of said plurality of film chambers and defining the width in the horizontal direction of each film surface,
• at least one shutter functionable upon pressing of a shutter button, and
• changeover means for changing over from a stereoscopic mode to a normal mode and vice versa;
• said stereoscopic mode recording a plurality of images on said plurality of film surfaces by said image-forming lights, and said normal mode recording an image on one film surface by an image-forming light from one of said plurality of lenses, said one of said plurality of lenses thus constituting a lens used for both modes;
• said plurality of partition members being provided movably by said changeover means on both sides of one of said plurality of film chambers, which corresponds to said lens used for both modes, said partition members each having a first end and a second end, each of said first ends of said partition members being slidably inserted in a corresponding slot located in said front portion of said camera body, each of said second ends of said partition members being pivotally attached to said changeover means, said changeover means being operable to move said partition members between a first position for taking stereoscopic pictures wherein said second ends of said partition members are spaced apart a first distance, and a second position for taking normal pictures wherein said second ends of said partition members are spaced apart a second distance greater than said first distance.