Camera
AssigneeMinolta Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenji Tsuji, Yasuaki Serita, Hiroyuki Okada
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Abstract
A camera has a release button, a shutter which operates upon depression the release button, light emitting diode that emits light used to record information on the film, a power source, a switch that closes in response to the operation of the release button to provide power to the light emitting diode, the switch having a first contact point connected to the power source and a second contact point connected to the light emitting diode, and a selecting member movably supported between a first position at which the selecting member prevents the closing of the first and second contact points and a second position at which the selecting member does not prevent the closing of the first and second contact points.
Claims12
Camera comprising:
- a release button;
- a shutter which operates upon depression of said release button;
- light emitting means for emitting light used to record information on the film;
- a power source;
- a switch that closes in response to the operation of said release button to provide power to said light emitting means, said switch having a first contact point connected to said power source and a second contact point connected to said light emitting means;
- and
- a selecting member movably supported between a first position at which said selecting member prevents the closing of said first and second contact points and a second position at which said selecting member does not prevent the closing of said first and second contact points.
Camera comprising:
- a shutter;
- light emitting means for emitting light used to record information on the film;
- a first operating member which operates said shutter without operating said light emitting means;
- and
- a second operating member different from said first operating member which operates both said shutter and said light emitting means.
Camera comprising:
- a release button;
- a shutter which operates upon depression of said release button;
- light emitting means for emitting light used to record information on the film;
- a power source;
- a switch which closes in response to the operation of said release button to provide power to said light emitting means, said switch having a first contact point connected to said power source and a second contact point connected to said light emitting means;
- and
- a selecting member movably supported between a first position at which said selecting member shields light between the film and said light emitting means and a second position at which said selecting means does not shield light between the film and said light emitting means.
A camera comprising:
- a shutter;
- light emitting means for emitting light to record information on the film;
- a first operating member that is manually operated by a user to operate said shutter;
- and
- a second operating member which actuates said first operating member to operate said shutter and which also actuates said light emitting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.