Photography – Folding or collapsible camera
Patent
1995-04-17
1997-10-14
Metjahic, Safet
Photography
Folding or collapsible camera
396529, 396 87, C03B 1700, C03B 118
Patent
active
056780966
ABSTRACT:
A camera including a mount portion onto which a lens barrel housing a lens is mounted as movable in a direction of an optical axis thereof, a moving mechanism for moving the lens barrel in the direction of the optical axis, a limiter for setting a limit of movement of the lens barrel moved by the moving mechanism while the lens barrel is mounted on the mount portion, and a limit remover for removing the limit of movement set by the limiter when the lens barrel is dismounted from the mount portion. The camera further includes a signal transmission apparatus in which the lens barrel is mounted as movable in the direction of the optical axis thereon on the camera body. The signal transmission apparatus includes a light emitting element located on either one of the lens barrel and the camera body, and a light receiving element located on the other one of the lens barrel and the camera body, for receiving light from the light emitting element. The light emitting element and the light receiving element perform signal transmission between a lens controller in the lens barrel and a camera controller in the camera body.
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Akami Noboru
Katano Yuji
Kotani Noriyasu
Wakabayashi Hiroshi
Metjahic Safet
Nikon Corporation
Tucillo Nicholas T.
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