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7577347 Image taking apparatus  
In an image taking apparatus, an arc tube and a reflector are moved forward when a zoom switch is operated to a WIDE-side and two reflection side plates are disposed such as to cover and hide...
7529478 Adaptive illumination lighting system  
An adaptive illumination device comprising first and second lighting units connected to each other by way of a hinge mechanism, and further provided with a gear mechanism such that angular movement...
7385641 Camera arrangement with multiple illuminators for close in photography  
A camera arrangement comprising an illumination assembly for illuminating an object to be photographed by the camera arrangement, the illumination assembly comprising a sensor for sensing the...
7382976 Light source having a variable focal length  
A variable focal length light source is constructed using a tunable focus length lens which can be adjusted in synchronization to the focal length of a camera lens. In one embodiment, a deformable...
7298970 Zoom flash with variable focus lens  
A camera apparatus ( 10 ) has a zoom lens ( 12 ) having a zoom focus setting that is adjustable over a range of focus values and control circuitry for generating a variable voltage potential...
7099573 Zoom lens camera, and a rotation transfer mechanism  
A zoom lens camera includes an optical-element drive mechanism for a photographing optical system, and a zooming-associating mechanism for associating a zooming-associated driven member with a...
6826364 Zoom flash and flash photography system  
A zoom flash includes a light emitter, a zoom driver which moves the light emitter along an axis to vary an illumination angle, a detecting device which detects a zoom position of the light...
6771898 Direction and collimation controllable flash  
An electronic flash is constructed with the ability to vary both collimation and direction allowing a user to direct the flash to a portion of the subject. Collimation and direction of the flash...
6611663 Camera having variable magnification where light distribution angle and field angle are unchangeable during focusing  
The present invention provides a camera comprising a cam member having cam groves formed for moving lens units, where the cam groves alternately have variable power cam regions for moving the lens...
6600877 Zoom interlocking mechanism for camera  
A cam plate is disposed horizontally and movably to a horizontal direction inside a camera body. The cam plate includes a plate portion for moving variator lenses of a zoom finder device in...
6598986 Zoom strobe device  
A zoom strobe device is provided with a light emitting unit, which includes a light source and a reflector and a light collecting lens that collects the light emitted by the light emitting unit....
6535690 Camera having mechanically linked zoom lens, retractable flash device and variable flash angle  
A camera includes a flash device movable between a withdrawn position, in which the flash device is received in a camera body, and an in-use position, in which the flash device protrudes from the...
6519418 Camera capable of varying luminous intensity distribution angle of flash device  
A camera includes a lens barrel having a cam part in which a plurality of magnification varying cam areas for varying magnification and a plurality of focusing cam areas for focusing are...
6497520 Compact camera  
A film transport gear mechanism is mounted on an upper portion of an internal body frame of a camera, and held rotatably from the top by a gear holding plate ( 51 ). The gear holding plate is...
6496650 Camera with flash unit  
A zoom flash unit is disposed above a film containing chamber. Driving force of a magnification varying motor is transmitted to the zoom flash unit via a gear train, a rack plate, and a lever. By...
6493510 Camera having zoom flash device  
A camera has a zoom optical system, which includes three lens groups disposed on an optical axis, for being set at least between a wide-angle end and a telephoto end. A zoom motor with plural...
6477325 Lens-fitted photo film unit with lens position changing device  
A lens holder for holding a taking lens is fitted in a lens barrel rotating and shifting. The lens barrel is provided with cams respectively inserted in pins of the lens holder. Each of the cams...
6404988 Camera  
A camera includes a flash light emitting part arranged to be movable between a stowed position and a usage position, a first lever member arranged to swing in such a way as to cause the flash light...
6374051 Camera having pop-up strobe  
There is disclosed a camera in which a power for a pop-up action of a built-in strobe is branched and taken out from & barrel-driving power transmitting path, the barrel is popped up in...
6347189 Flash controller of a camera  
A flash controller of a camera system includes a camera body and an interchangeable lens which is detachably attached to the camera body, the camera body including a built-in flash, the...
6334028 Photo printing system and camera for the same  
A pseudo zoom camera, which utilizes a film cartridge provided with an information storing device, comprises a taking lens optical system for projecting an object image onto a portion of...
6327434 Camera  
A camera is provided, which can appropriately control the electronic flash irradiation area when the electronic flash device capable of setting its irradiation angle in a plurality of ways is used...
6072954 Interlocking mechanism for camera  
A camera interlocking mechanism adjusts a visual field angle of a finder and/or an irradiation angle of a strobe in synchronization with a lens barrel being further extended from a photographable...
5978602 Photographic lens unit and photographing method  
A photographic lens unit having a stepping motor to drive a cam ring that has a cam portion for driving a counter-cam portion of a lens frame for automatic focus of photographic lenses, and...
5966551 Lens shutter camera including zoom lens  
A lens shutter type of camera is disclosed in which a zoom lens is positioned in a lens block (1) which has a sector gear (15) rotatably associated with the lens block and with a rotatable cam ring...
5956531 Camera and external flash device  
A camera to which an external flash device may be mounted has a focal length detecting device which detects the focal length of a photo-taking lens, a conversion device which converts the detected...
5956530 Lens barrel and camera system to output data about a focal length of the lens barrel  
A lens barrel and a camera system are capable of precisely calculating a photographic magnification and a field range. The lens barrel having a focusing or zooming movable lens unit is stored with...
5911085 Variable emission angle strobe light and control method therefor  
In order to vary a light emission angle, a light source is moved so that its position relative to a reflector is varied. In one mode, by compulsively moving the light source to one end of a...
5828793 Method and apparatus for producing digital images having extended dynamic ranges  
Different exposures of an electronically represented, pictorial scene are combined into a final image having expanded dynamic range yet still capturing subtle differences in exposure. The final...
5765047 Lens shutter camera having a zoom viewfinder mechanism and an adjustable strobe light generating unit  
A lens camera having a viewfinder mechanism and an adjustable strobe light generating unit, wherein the zoom viewfinder mechanism has a disk cam to cause a lens group of a viewfinder optical system...
5761548 Zoom finder  
In a zoom finder of a zoom lens camera, a movable variable power lens is supported to move in an optical axis direction and is moved to predetermined positions by a cam member which is driven in...
5740474 Apparatus for eliminating backlash in a zoom finder  
An apparatus for eliminating a backlash in a zoom finder of a zoom lens camera. A cam member is provided with a cam surface that is engaged with movable variable power lens of the finder. The cam...
5734934 Emission angle variable flash apparatus  
An emission angle variable flash apparatus of the invention alters an angular aperture to be formed by side reflection plates disposed oppositely to both side surfaces of a reflector in linkage...
5727235 Zoom strobe device  
An improved zoom strobe device is provided. When a zoom lens changes its focal length from a first length to a second length, the zoom strobe device changes its illumination angle from its minimum...
5721972 Camera with a zoom function  
A camera wherein a finder cam follower and a flash cam follower are elastically pulled in a wide direction and are in contact with a cam surface of a cam. The cam rotates clockwise or...
5708867 Interconnection mechanism for zoom camera  
An interconnection mechanism for a zoom camera having a zoom finder and a zoom flash is comprised of a finder zooming cam rotating in cooperation with a zoom lens, and a flash angle changing cam...
5708866 Camera selects unused flash bulb farthest from taking lens to reduce red-eye effect when camera-to-subject distance within near range  
A camera intended to be used with a multiple flash bulb unit selects an unused flash bulb farthest from the taking lens to reduce a red-eye effect when a near range camera-to-subject distance is...
5666564 Zoom flash with wave-lens  
A photographic flash apparatus includes a flash tube for producing a flash of light; a reflector located behind the flash tube for concentrating the light produced by the flash tube into a beam...
5652920 Camera with pop-up flash having illumination angle variable with focal length  
A camera including a camera body and flash unit, in which the camera includes a drive source in the camera body, a moving mechanism for causing the flash unit to move from a non-projected position...
5355189 Camera having a zoom flash unit  
A camera with a built-in or removable, zoom flash unit having an illumination angle that varies automatically in accordance with the focal length of a photographic zoom lens that is attached to the...
5331362 Photographic camera with flash unit capable of changing illumination angle and separation from taking lens  
A photographic camera comprises a camera body, and an electronic flash unit having a flash lens and light-emitting means capable of being separated to change the illumination angle of the flash...
5321454 Zoom lens camera  
A zoom lens camera including a zoom taking lens having at least one variable power lens group movable along an optical axis direction thereof, a device having a movable member separate from the...
5293192 Camera  
A camera of the present invention comprises a stationary frame adjustable in position with respect to a camera body in the direction of an optical axis; a cam frame disposed around an outer...
RE34558 Flash device for use in photography  
A flash device for use in association with a camera is disclosed. The camera provides focal length data representing a focal length of a lens mounted on the camera to the flash device. The flash...
5198854 Camera with an electronic flash light apparatus  
A camera having an electronic flash light apparatus capable of performing a phototaking with an optimal exposure both for an object and its background when a flash light phototaking is performed on...
5159379 Flash control method and apparatus for variable focal length camera  
A variable focal length camera is provided with a built-in flash unit having a wide illuminating angle, and an external flash unit having a narrower illuminating angle can be externally attached to...
5132718 Camera with flashlight emitting device  
A flashlight emitting device for a camera wherein the flash coverage of a flash device is varied, only when a mode in which flashlight is to be emitted is selected, in response to a zooming...
5124740 Depth number based technique for selecting lens aperture size and flash parameters for a full flash exposure  
Apparatus, and various accompanying methods, for use in a photographic camera for selecting a lens aperture setting and/or flash output configuration for a full flash exposure. Specifically, the...
5111232 Camera having fuzzy inference function  
A camera includes a measuring circuit for outputting data about an object to be photographed. A fuzzy computer receives an output from the measuring circuit as an input value, obtains a fitting...
5083146 Zoom lens camera  
A zoom lens camera including a lens barrel cam ring which rotates about an optical axis of the camera and a photographic lens system having a variable focal length which is varied in accordance...
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