Automatic focusing camera combined with manual focusing system

Details Automatic focusing camera combined with manual focusing system Automatic focusing camera combined with manual focusing system

1980-09-17

1981-10-13

Griffin, Donald A.

354195, G03B 310, G03B 708

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042945267

ABSTRACT:
An automatic focusing camera comprises an automatic focus detecting electronic circuit for detecting the distance between the camera and an object, an electromagnet controlled by said circuit, a release member actuated interlocking with shutter release operation and adapted to actuate the shutter at the end of the operation, an armature lever controlled by said electromagnet to operate between a resting position and a taking lens focusing position interlocking with said release operation, a locking means which locks the shutter actuating operation of said release member with said armature lever at said resting position and allows the actuation of the shutter at the taking lens focusing position, and a selecting means for selecting between automatic focusing mode and manual focusing mode adapted to retract said locking means to a position where said locking means will not lock said release member when said manual focusing mode is selected.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4231647 (1980-11-01), Kitai et al.
patent: 4231648 (1980-11-01), Kitai et al.

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