Compact photographic camera having lens slide

A photographic camera of small, flat design, comprising a body shell provided with a front side and a back side located opposite thereto, a taking lens, a viewfinder, a film chamber, a film transport, and a flash device, wherein the body shell is configured parallelepipedally and has on the front side thereof a flat linear guideway in which a lens slide is guided displaceably from a non-operating position into a taking position;

• and wherein the film chamber is a film cassette disposed on the back side of the body shell and parallel to the lens slide, for purposes of film transport;
• wherein a leg spring has one leg braced against the body shell and wherein another leg rests against a side surface of the lens slide under preload and, when the lens slide is moved from the non-operating position into the taking position, engages beneath a shoulder configured thereon and lying transverse to the movement direction of the lens slide, is arranged in the body shell.

A photographic camera of small, flat design, comprising a body shell provided with a front side and a back side located opposite thereto, a taking lens, a viewfinder, a film chamber, a film transport, and a flash device, wherein the body shell is configured parallelepipedally and has on the front side thereof a flat linear guideway in which a lens slide is guided displaceably from a non-operating position into a taking position;

• and wherein the film chamber is a film cassette disposed on the back side of the body shell and parallel to the lens slide, for purposes of film transport;
• wherein in the body shell, a film gripper is guided longitudinally displaceably in the movement direction of the lens slide and is releasably joined to the lens slide by means of a snap connection.

A photographic camera of small, flat design, comprising a body shell provided with a front side and a back side located opposite thereto, a taking lens, a viewfinder, a film chamber, a film transport, and a flash device, wherein the body shell is configured parallelepipedally and has on the front side thereof a flat linear guideway in which a lens slide is guided displaceably from a non-operating position into a taking position;

• and wherein the film chamber is a film cassette disposed on the back side of the body shell and parallel to the lens slide, for purposes of film transport;
• wherein a release button, movable parallel to the lens slide, that engages during the release operation onto a two-armed release pawl, mounted in the lens slide, that rests with one arm on an impact lever for a shutter blade, is provided laterally on the body shell;
• and wherein a retaining lever, also mounted on the lens slide, rests under spring preload against the impact lever-side arm of the release pawl.