Abstract:
A sound recorder and reproducer, e.g., as used in combination with a motion-picture projector, can be placed in a recording mode by the operation of a record key and the setting of a switch-control member. The record key, when operated, or an actuating element displaceable thereby remains locked for at least a limited time to facilitate initiation of sound recording by a subsequent setting of the control member which preserves the enabling position until this member has been reset. The control member, which may be a pushbutton or a knob serving to start the film drive of the projector while completing the recording circuit, either blocks the return of the displaced actuating element by a delayed-action restoring mechanism or acts through a one-way coupling upon a detent for the record key to deactivate same on its resetting stroke.
Abstract:
A CAMERA HAVING AN OBJECTIVE AND FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR THE OBJECTIVE. A DIAPHRAGM IS SITUATED WITHIN THE OBJECTIVE AND IS ADJUSTABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE SCENE TO BE TAKEN. A VIEWFINDER SYSTEM AND AT LEAST FIRST AND SECOND INDICATORS ARE VISIBLE IN THE VIEWFINDER. AN ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THE INDICATORS IN ARRANGED TO VARY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE INDICATORS. THE DISTANCE DEFINES A SECTION F LINE VISIBLE IN THE VIEWFINDER. THE SECTION OF LINE CORRESPONDS TO A PERSPECTIVE REPRODUCTION OF A FICTITIOUS SECTION OF LINE OF KNOWN SIZE. THE FICTITIOUS SECTION OF LINE IS SUPPOSED TO BE SITUATED ON ONE OF THE LIMITS OF THE DEPTH OF FIELD. A CALCULATING MECHANISM IS PROVIDED FOR COMPUTING THE DEPTH OF FIELD AND THE LENGTH OF THE DISTANCE FROM A GIVEN SET OF VALUES AND CONTROLLING THE ADJUSTING MECHANISM ACCORDINGLY. THE VALUES DETERMINE AT LEAST ONE LIMIT OF THE DEPTH OF FIELD AND COMPRISES AT LEAST THE DIAPHRAGM APERTURE AND THE SETTING OF THE FOCUSING MECHANISM.