Macro-photographing system in zoom lens camera

Abstract

A macro-photographing system in a zoom lens camera includes a lens system having at least a movable front lens group on the object side and a movable rear lens group on the image surface side, a whole-unit driving device which moves the front lens group and the rear lens group together, a relative drive device which relatively moves the front lens group or the rear lens group to vary the distance between the front and rear lens groups, a zoom operation device which sets the focal length by the lens system, and a macro-photographing setting device which sets at least one close object distance. The camera position is fixed when the camera is focused on the object at the close object distance set by the macro-photographing setting device. When the zoom operation means is actuated, at least one of the whole-unit driving device and the relative drive device are actuated to keep the focused state for the close object distance.

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