Photographic camera assembly having a plurality of lenses and associated method

A camera device comprising:

• a photosensitive film;
• a frame connected to said film for holding said film fixed in a first plane;
• a plurality of lenses having respective focal lengths;
• holding means operatively connected to said lenses for biasing said lenses away from said first plane and holding said lenses at respective focal positions spaced from said first plane by focal lengths of the respective lenses;
• locking means for temporarily holding said lenses in collapsed positions in opposition to the biasing of said holding means so that said lenses are disposed substantially in a second plane spaced from said first plane by a distance less than the focal length of any one of said lenses,
• shutter means mounted to said frame for enabling light transmission selectively through said lenses and onto said film;
• and
• shutter activation means mounted to said frame and operatively connected to said shutter means for activating said shutter means in response to manipulation by a user.

A method for taking photographs, comprising the steps of:

• providing photosensitive film and a plurality of lenses mounted to a frame in retracted storage positions in a plane spaced from and parallel to said film;
• releasing one of said lenses from the respective storage position so that the released lens is disposed in a focal position relative to said frame;
• exposing a predetermined area of said film via the released lens;
• and
• removing the released lens from said frame after completion of the exposure via the released lens.