Camera with pop-up flash having illumination angle variable with

Details Camera with pop-up flash having illumination angle variable with Camera with pop-up flash having illumination angle variable with

1996-01-29

1997-07-29

Metjahic, Safet

Photography

Flash system responsive to focal length or distance

Illumination angle responds to focal length or distance

396175, 396177, G03B 1505

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056529201

ABSTRACT:
A camera including a camera body and flash unit, in which the camera includes a drive source in the camera body, a moving mechanism for causing the flash unit to move from a non-projected position to a projected position, an illumination-angle switching mechanism for varying an illumination angle of the flash unit, the illumination-angle switching mechanism being driven by a force of the drive force in one direction and being capable of stopping in any one of a plurality of specific illumination angle states, a focal length detecting device, and a controlling device that causes the illumination-angle switching mechanism to selectively switch one illumination angle to another in accordance with the focal length detected by the focal length detecting device, in response to the operation of the moving mechanism to move the flash unit from a non-projected position to a projected position.

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