Abstract: A camera is provided with a scissors-type iris having apertures of different shapes and areas formed by the pair of blades. In one mode of operation, with a "flash" setting, a control mechanism automatically adjusts the iris opening in accordance with the focus distance setting and further compensates the iris opening in accordance with an image brightness adjustment. The iris adjustment mechanism automatically is adjusted to certain predetermined positions when the controls are set for other modes of operation, and exposure is then controlled by an electronic shutter timing mechanism which may be varied by a sliding vane brightness adjustment.

Abstract: A camera construction is provided which is adapted to removably accommodate a cartridge of self-developing film. The cartridge presently available on the market includes a rectangularly shaped container having a self-contained battery and a stack of photographic sheets of like configuration disposed therein and arranged so that only the uppermost sheet may be exposed. Subsequent to exposure, the uppermost sheet is slidably removed from the container and discharged from the camera housing through a suitable opening formed therein. The invention in question relates primarily to the mechanism for automatically removing the uppermost sheet from the cartridge container and then to discharge same from the camera housing whereupon the self-developing process for the discharged sheet will occur within a predetermined time.

Abstract: A camera construction is provided which embodies a shutter means, a trigger means for actuating the shutter means, and a pair of iris blades mounted for simultaneous movement in opposite directions to vary the configuration of an iris opening which is defined thereby and is aligned with the camera lens. The movement of the iris blades is responsive to the independent manipulation of a plurality of manual controls separate from the trigger means. The permissible range of movement of the iris blades by each manual control is unequal.

Abstract: A camera is provided with a scissors-type iris having apertures of different shapes and areas formed by the pair of blades. In one mode of operation, with a "flash" setting, a control mechanism automatically adjusts the iris opening in accordance with the focus distance setting and further compensates the iris opening in accordance with an image brightness adjustment. The iris adjustment mechanism automatically is adjusted to certain predetermined positions when the controls are set for other modes of operation, and exposure is then controlled by an electronic shutter timing mechanism which may be varied by a sliding vane brightness adjustment.

Abstract: A camera construction is provided which is adapted to removably accommodate a cartridge of self-developing film. The cartridge presently available on the market includes a rectangularly shaped container having a self-contained battery and a stack of photograhic sheets of like configuration disposed therein and arranged so that only the uppermost sheet may be exposed. Subsequent to exposure, the uppermost sheet is slidably removed from the container and discharged from the camera housing through a suitable opening formed therein. The invention in question relates primarily to the mechanism for automatically removing the uppermost sheet from the cartridge container and then to discharge same from the camera housing whereupon the self-developing process for the discharged sheet will occur within a predetermined time.