Patent
1993-07-12
1994-11-08
Gellner, Michael L.
354159, 3541951, G03B 3700
Patent
active
053631609
ABSTRACT:
An improvement is provided in a camera having a movable lens mount for supporting a taking lens. The improvement includes at least one light blocking shield which is movable between (1) a panoramic position in which light passing through the taking lens is partially blocked from reaching a photographic film such that a vertically reduced panoramic image can be recorded on the photographic film and (2) a normal position in which light passing through the taking lens is not blocked by the light blocking shield such that a normal image can be recorded on the film. The light blocking shield is automatically moved towards the normal position as the movable lens mount is being retracted into a storage position such that the movable lens mount can be fully retracted into the storage position without interference from the light blocking shield.
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Fox Myron E.
Gates Richard A.
Eastman Kodak Company
Gellner Michael L.
Han J. K.
Hawley David A.
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