Camera with zoom lens

Details Camera with zoom lens Camera with zoom lens

1993-08-25

1999-09-07

Metjahic, Safet

Photography

Having variable focal length of camera objective

Power zoom

396 75, G03B 118

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059500212

ABSTRACT:
A camera with a collapsible barrel zoom lens has a lens barrel collapsing drive mechanism for putting out a lens barrel including a zoom operation member for operating a plurality of lenses for zooming by controlling the positions of the lenses from a collapsed position to a photographing waiting position in front of the camera body, a bayonet member for positioning and retaining the lens barrel on the camera body, the bayonet member being mounted on the camera body so as to be rotatable about an optical axis, a zoom driving force transmission mechanism for transmitting a zoom driving force to the zoom operation member by connecting an input gear for transmitting a driving force to the zoom operation member provided on the lens barrel and an output gear provided on the camera body, an input gear rotation inhibition member capable of engaging with the input gear while the input gear is moved to a position immediately before the position at which is connected to the output gear, the input gear rotating inhibition member being provided on the camera body, and a lock member for positioning and retaining the lens barrel in the photographing waiting position and for releasing the lens barrel from the positioned and retained state, the lock member being engaged/disengaged with the output gear by an operation of rotating the bayonet member to inhibit/allow the rotation of the output gear.

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