Abstract: This invention relates to a single-lens mirror reflex camera for studio purposes, with which the exposure-determining film exposure, within a prescribed opening time of the shutter, is effected during the duration of a flashlight initiated by the camera. A shutter cap is provided which is formed as a swivellable, light-tight return swinging mirror. Such cap is fixed on a driveable shaft, and is held by means of a return spring in the rest position completing the optical system of the viewfinder. The cap also carries at least one contact element of a control switch for the flashlight, of which the coacting contact is arranged on a stop limiting the open position.

Abstract: In a stop-down device in a bellows device having a lens mount, operating levers are provided on both the left and right side surfaces of the lens mount so as to ensure that a stop-down knob always assumes the same position even if the lens with the lens mount is mounted in normal direction or in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A motor-driven still camera in which all functions associated with making of an exposure and readying the camera for the next exposure are effected by operation of the motor, and a user need exert only the small force required to close a motor-actuating switch in order to initiate the operation of the camera.

Abstract: In the present invention, stopping-down, sector preliminary closure and lens shutter release are effected in association with an interlocking member of the lens. The difference between the amount of operation of the interlocking member effected when a camera with an electronic eye, hereinafter an EE control mechanism is operated is obtained by varying the amount of operation of the interlocking member, regardless of the pressure or absence of EE control provided by the EE control mechanism. The use and non-use of the lens shutter is switched depending on this difference. The relating means between the camera and the lens is substantially identical to the relating means between an ordinary interchangeable lens not having a lens shutter and an automatic aperture. Therefore, for switching between the lens shutter use and non-use, it is unnecessary to provide an additional relating means between the lens and the camera.

Abstract: A release mechanism for camera of the type to which a motor winding unit may be selectively coupled to carry out rapid sequence film exposure is disclosed. The release mechanism is a constructed as a mechanical AND mechanism two inputs of which are changes in position of two members disposed within the camera body. One of the two members is an interlocking member interlocked with the operation of the shutter button and another is a movable member which moves to a predetermined position at the time of completion of winding motion. Therefore, the mechanical AND mechanism can drive the shutter system of the camera only when the winding is completed and the shutter button is pushed down.

Abstract: A film pack by which an existing camera system is adapted to expose and process small format film units. The film pack includes a plurality of film unit and carrier assemblies stacked in a standard film pack container designed to fit the film well of the existing camera. The carrier of each assembly is dimensioned to fit the interior of the container and to support the film unit mounted thereon properly in relation to the optical system of the camera. Each carrier is preferably formed as a two-part assembly to include a film unit carrier slidably supported by an envelope. The carrier and the envelope cooperate with the camera carried processing components in a manner to enclose the film unit in a dark chamber as it is discharged from the camera. Also, a viewfinder mask is provided for the existing camera so that a viewed image will be correlated with the reduced image format of the film unit in the film pack.

Abstract: A photographic diaphragm of the iris type, having two sets or series of diaphragm leaves instead of the usual single set. Each leaf is relatively narrow in a direction radially with respect to the optical axis, thereby reducing the radial dimensions of the annual space necessary to receive the leaves when the diaphragm is fully open. During a closing down movement to a smaller aperture, both sets or series of diaphragm leaves swing inwardly simultaneously during the first part of a closing movement; then one set of leaves remains stationary while the other set continues to swing inwardly to close the aperture down to as small a size as desired. The two series of leaves are in separate planes slightly spaced from each other in the direction of the optical axis. The diaphragm is preferably of the spring back type, which will spring back automatically to a predetermined aperture after it has been opened wide for focusing purposes.

Abstract: Apparatus for photographing sections of crystalline lenses which includes a slit illumination system for illuminating a patient's eye in a slit plane and a photographing system for taking a photographs of the illuminated section of the crystalline lens at an angle of 45.degree. with respect to the plane of slit illumination with a magnification power of one. The photographing system includes a lens which is movable in a direction perpendicular to the photographing optical axis for adjustment of focus.

Abstract: A photographic film assemblage including a film cassette for housing a battery and a plurality of sheet-like members including several film units. A wall of the cassette is provided with a pair of apertures to enable a pair of contacts in a camera to electrically engage the terminals of the battery. An elongate strip of dielectrical material having a pair of openings therein has one of its ends attached to the last of the sheet-like members to be removed from the film cassette and the pair of holes located between and in alignment with the battery terminals and the pair of apertures. The elongate strip follows the last sheet-like member as it is removed from the film cassette during an exposure cycle thereby moving the pair of openings out of alignment with the battery terminals and the apertures while simultaneously moving a portion of the dielectric material between the battery terminals and the pair of apertures to electrically insulate the battery from the contacts.

Abstract: A photographic lens mount has a tripod portion that is rotatable about the optical axis of the lens. A rack and pinion type of focussing mechanism is used and the pinion is fixed with respect to the tripod mounting seat irrespective of the rotational position of the lens support and the camera body. The ring portion of the gear mechanism is formed on a ring that is rotatable with respect to the camera support around the optical axis.

Abstract: A viewfinder system of a photographic or cinematographic camera, provided with a varifocal objective, is illuminated by light deviators including a fully reflective mirror intercepting part of the light rays passing from the fourth to the final component of the objective. The mirror has a body of dark-stained glass, designed to prevent spurious reflections at the edges, and is coated on its front surface with a reflective layer produced by vapor deposition.

Abstract: In a camera, a motion transmitting member has a wedge-shaped end portion inserted between a shutter release member and a shutter restraining member. Manual depression of the release member pivots the motion transmitting member, which moves the restraining member to free the camera shutter for exposure. A spring member urges the motion transmitting member to maintain its wedge-shaped end portion in mutual contact with the release and restraining members. The spring-urging automatically adjusts the position of the motion transmitting member between the release and restraining members to compensate for wear of their contacting surface portions and substantially prevents any lost motion or lag between manual depression of the release member and movement of the restraining member to enable shutter actuation. Following shutter actuation, manual movement of a film member causes an extracting member to remove the motion transmitting member from between the release and restraining members.

Abstract: The apparatus includes an image field limiting frame and at least one movable mask for the purpose of varying picture size in a line parallel to the direction of film travel and means to control film transport steps proportional to the picture window left open by the mask. It also includes means to directly transport the film in either the forward or reverse direction during picture size adjustment so that the forward edge of the film matches the forward edge of the picture window. In this manner, it is possible to execute picture size changes at anytime, even after operation of the film transport, without waste of film or overlap of sequential pictures.

Abstract: A foot operated percussion musical instrument is provided by the present invention in which two pairs of cymbals are mounted in an adjustable framework one above the other, and are movable in unison by operation of a single foot pedal.

Abstract: A stage for a slide camera has a two-railed circular track on a base. The rails are conductive and connected to a photostat-controlled electric power pack. On the track are a plurality of trucks having upstanding support members which carry a platform with a translucent central region. One of the trucks has a motor which is powered by the electric current in the rails to rotate the platform.

Abstract: A Kepler telescope type optical finder system for an SLR camera comprises a simple and compact prism having a generally wedge shape as contrasted with finder optical systems using surface mirrors or pentaprisms. The prism may be shaped so that the angle formed by the incident optical axis thereto and the emitting optical axis therefrom is smaller than 90.degree. in order to further miniaturize the overall size of the camera. In this case, an additional wedge-shaped prism is inserted between the first focal plane of the optical system and the prism in order to reduce the chromatic aberration. The additional wedge-shaped prism may be provided with a surface formed into the surface of the condenser lens.

Abstract: The eyepiece in an interchangeable finder is made axially adjustable by mounting it in a holder which, in turn, is slidably mounted within the finder. In the preferred embodiment, sliding movement of the eyepiece holder is accomplished through a rack and pinion.

Abstract: A camera body houses a rotatable pinion disposed in engagement with a fixed rack for translation along the rack as the pinion is rotated. A manipulatable portion of the pinion exteriorly projects through a slot in the camera body, enabling the pinion to be manually rotated. A slide member rotatably supports the pinion and is supported within the camera body for translation by the rotated pinion in adjacent overlapping relation to the slot. In this way, the slide member maintains the slot substantially closed to dirt or other foreign matter during the various stages of rotation of the pinion. A control element, adjustably movable for focusing or exposure control, is operatively coupled to the slide member for movement by the slide member in response to manual rotation of the pinion. A visual indicator on the slide member is viewable through a window in the camera body for indicating the proper setting of the control element.