Abstract: A camera is provided with an operation member which is arranged for a lens cover and a filter to turn them in front of the photo-taking lens of the camera and to be shiftable between first, second and third positions thereof. With the operation member set in the first position, the front surface of the photo-taking lens is covered by the lens cover. With the operation member in the second position, the lens cover and the filter are retracted from the front surface of the lens. With the operation member in the third position, the lens is covered with the filter. The camera is provided also with a switch arranged to operate according to the shift of the operation member in such a way as to enable the camera to perform photographing when the member is either in the second or third position.

Abstract: In a camera which is provided with an electromagnetically driven lens barrel and is arranged to control a shutter by driving a rotor with an electromagnetic force generated by energizing a coil printed on the rotor, power supply to the coil is effected in a pulse-like manner for drawing out a photo-taking lens and in a continuous manner for driving the shutter.

Abstract: An apparatus for axially moving a photographic lens barrel in a camera by a corresponding number of steps to the number of driving pulses supplied to a rocking coil in a magnetic field, as motion of the coil is transmitted through a ratchet mechanism with a cam to the barrel. In synchronism with the falling edge of each driving pulse at which the ratchet mechanism starts to return to its initial position by the bias force of a spring, a negative going pulse of shorter duration than that of the driving pulse is applied to the coil to speed up the setting of the barrel.

Abstract: Pulses of such frequency that an electromagnetic drive device does not operate in response thereto are produced by a pulse generating circuit. While these pulse are being applied to the electromagnetic drive device, the voltage of an electrical power source in the real load running state is detected by a battery checking circuit.

Abstract: The object distance from a range finder is factored into the guide number of the strobe to obtain an aperture value in binary form by a decoder. As the size of aperture opening of the shutter is increasing from the minimum to the maximum, a counter counts up a corresponding number of pulses in addition to the preset value of film speed. The output of the counter is compared with the output of the decoder by a comparator upon coincidence to produce an actuating signal for the strobe.

Abstract: In the automatic film transportation type camera using an electric motor in which upon a forward rotation thereof the film is wound and upon a reversed rotation thereof the film is rewound, a mechanism for moving a photographic lens barrel between a standard or wide angle setting and a telephoto setting is provided with a clutch capable of transferring the motion of the motor from a rewind fork to the moving mechanism, and a switch arranged to be closed when the clutch is cut off, thereby the motor is energized to rotate in the reverse direction, driving the barrel to move axially from one of the settings to the other, while leaving the rewind fork stationary.

Abstract: A camera having an objective lens system with a master lens in a standard operative position constituting a first focal length lens system. When the master lens is moved forward to a telephoto position, an auxiliary lens is automatically inserted into and seated in a space behind the master lens in axial alignment therewith, whereby a second focal length lens system is formed. In such camera, the master lens is made movable to a certain position intervening between the standard and telephoto positions, while maintaining the auxiliary lens stationary in the retracted position from the rear optical path of the master lens. With the master lens in the intermediate position, when a close-up mode selector switch is actuated, the master lens is locked in that intermediate position.

Abstract: In the disclosed electromagnetically driven shutter a shutter release produces a first flow of current that electromagnetically moves a rotor coil arranged in a magnetic field to a position where it unlatches an automatic focusing operation and where it is locked to prevent backward motion. Termination of the focusing condition starts an exposure control arrangement and initiates a second current flow that moves the rotor coil further to control opening and closing of the shutter blades. Thus, two successive current flows coordinate the focus operation and the exposure.