摘要:
A camera system is capable of operating in a number of different photographic modes and includes a display system which provides information relevant to each of the modes. The camera system also includes an automatic film rewinding mechanism that has two modes of operation. In a first, automatic, mode, the tensioning of the film during winding is detected to indicate the end of the roll of film. Upon such detection, the film is automatically and fully rewound into the film cartridge. In a second, user selectable, mode a signal is manually provided by the user to initiate film rewinding. Rewinding of the film is stopped just prior to the time the end of the film enters the cartridge, so that a portion of the film leader remains extended outside of the cartridge.
摘要:
A mode selecting device for use in a camera provided with the various picture taking modes including standard picture taking mode, self-timer picture taking mode, flash light picture taking mode, close picture taking mode, fill in flash mode, nonflash mode and consecutive picture taking mode. A mode setting button is operable to select the mode and a memory is provided to store data corresponding to the selected mode. Also disclosed is a brightness measuring circuit and an automatic exposure control circuit. A flash is enabled or disabled in accordance with the mode selected and the measured brightness value. The camera is automatically reset to the most frequently used mode for emitting the flash light automatically under low light condition after a exposure has been completed, or a given time after the exposure has been completed. Additionally, a warning indicator is actuated when it is detected that the rear lid has been opened and film is mounted in the camera, and a display is provided to indicate the presence of film in the camera when a warning signal has been stored.
摘要:
This invention is directed to a power supplier for use, for example, in a portable camera which includes a battery housing for accommodating a set of cylindrical batteries in parallel relationship with each other, and a battery door which is connected to the battery housing by means of a hinge so as to open an opening of the housing and to close the opening so as to axially depress the batteries. The batteries are located in the battery housing at two positions, i.e. one position relatively close to the hinge and the other position relatively remote from the hinge. The power supplier further includes a detector which is mounted on the bottom of the battery housing so as to operate when at least one battery located at the position remote from the hinge is depressed due to the battery closing operation and the batteries are connected to each other in series, and a switch which is mounted on the bottom of the battery housing so as to operate due to the operation of the detector to generate a signal indicating that the batteries have been connected to each other in series.
摘要:
An electric motor 12 and a gear head 13 are located in the space inside the take-up spool 5, an output shaft 13a of the gear head 13 formed such that it has a length that accommodates the engagement length of the take-up spool only is direct-coupled to the take-up spool 5, while an output gear 6 to receive the drive power for rewinding, etc., is formed as a single unit with the take-up spool 5. As a result of this construction, the amount of dead space above the take-up spool is reduced to the extent possible, the height of the camera is reduced, and the camera is made more compact.
摘要:
A camera according to the present invention is a camera which feeds a film from a film feed opening of a patrone chamber and it includes a film feeder for feeding the film drawn from the film feed opening to a spool chamber through a film exposure portion, a detector for detecting whether or not the fed film passes through the film exposure portion, and a controller for controlling operation of the film feeder in response to an output of the detector.
摘要:
An electronic instrument, such as a camera, which is supplied with electric power from a battery and selectively receives two kinds of batteries which are different from each other in shape and output voltage. A battery chamber of the electronic instrument is constructed to commonly receive the first and second batteries such that a space of the battery chamber is commonly occupied by parts of the first and second batteries. Additionally, a member is projected into the battery chamber and determines which kind of batteries is received. In response to the result of the determination, a voltage converting means converts the output voltage of the battery to a given voltage such that an electionic circuit of the electronic instrument operates with the optimum voltage condition with the voltage supplied from either one of the batteries which are different from each other in shape and output voltage.
摘要:
A motor driven film wind-up and rewind device for cameras is automatically switched from a film wind-up mode to a film rewind mode when the entire length of an unexposed film has been wound on a film take-up spool and surely remains in the film rewind mode thereafter. For the automatic switching of the modes a circuit detects increase in a motor current which occurs with a motor forced to stop after completion of the film wind-up. A movable member which is in the form of an through axle extending through a film rewinding sprocket moves from a first position to a second position immediately after initiation of the motor rotation for the film rewind, switching a switch to a state maintaining the device in the film rewind mode as well as connecting the sprocket with the motor. The movable member is returned to the first position in response to insertion of a film cartridge into a cartridge chamber of the camera and restrained at the first position till the initiation of the film rewind. With no cartridge inserted in the cartridge chamber the movable member is not returned to the first position so that the device remains in the film rewind mode allowing a camera exposure operation.
摘要:
A camera comprising a main lens component disposed in a photographic optical path, and a first and a second auxiliary lens components movable into and out of the photographic optical path. The main lens component provides a standard focal length. The first auxiliary lens component is pivotable about an axis extending parallel to an optical axis of the main lens component. When in the optical path, the first auxiliary lens component, in combination with the main lens component, provides a long focal length. The second auxiliary lens component is pivotable about an axis extending parallel to a straight line perpendicular to the optical axis of the main lens component. When in the optical path, the second auxiliary lens component, in combination with the main lens component, provides a short focal length.
摘要:
A mode selecting device for use in a camera having at least two modes, namely, a consecutive picture taking mode and a single picture taking mode. In the consecutive picture taking mode, the camera operates to take pictures consecutively so long as the exposure release button is depressed. In the single picture taking mode, the camera operates to take a single picture no matter how long the release button is continuously depressed. The selected mode is displayed on a display. The camera returns to the single picture taking mode when the back lid is opened, when the back lid is closed, when the film is rewound, or when the film undergoes preliminary winding so that the camera is not inadvertently left in the consecutive picture taking mode.
摘要:
An autoloading apparatus comprising a take-up spool for winding a film thereon, a film transport member for transporting the film to the take-up spool, a motor for driving the spool and the transport member, a first detecting member for energizing the motor to start automatic film transport upon detecting the insertion of the film into a film inlet, and a second detecting member for de-energizing the motor to stop the transport upon detecting that the film has been wound on the spool. The apparatus enables the user to close the camera back after recognizing that the film has been properly wound on the spool and reduces the amount of film to be wasted for loading.