Camera
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorRyuichi Nagae
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Abstract
The invention provides a camera including a hold barrel member which holds an image-taking optical unit; a barrier member, disposed on a subject side of the hold barrel member, which opens or closes a substantially rectangular opening; and a barrier driving member, disposed between the barrier member and the hold barrel member, which drives the barrier member in such a way as to rotate on an optical axis of the image-taking optical unit. In a state in which the barrier member opens the opening, the hold barrel member forms a long side part of the opening, and the barrier driving member forms a short side part of the opening.
Claims6
A camera comprising:
- a hold barrel member which holds an image-taking optical unit;
- a barrier member, disposed on a subject side of said hold barrel member, which opens or closes a substantially rectangular opening;
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- a barrier driving member, disposed between said barrier member and the hold barrel member, which drives said barrier member in such a way so as to rotate on an optical axis of said image-taking optical unit;
- wherein, in a state in which the barrier member opens said opening, the hold barrel member forms a long side part of the opening, and said barrier driving member forms a short side part of the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.