Abstract: A camera comprises a camera body in which an opening is mounted for determining a photographing bundle of ray and for forming a photographing picture, and a patrone containing chamber is located sidewardly adjacent to the opening and is used for containing a patrone to be used for the camera. In the camera, a sprocket is located behind an imaginary plane including the opening of the camera body and is used for feeding a film, which is exposed by the photographing bundle of ray passing through the opening, toward the backside of the imaginary plane, and a spool located behind the opening and the sprocket and takes up the film, fed toward the backside by the sprocket, with a photographic-emulsion coating surface thereof being located radially inside on the spool.

Abstract: A switch for a camera employs a switching element which is formed of pressure sensitive conductive rubber or conductive rubber, to which an external pressure may be applied to cause it to bridge across a pair of conductive contacts, thus turning the switch on and off. The switch is disposed on the surface of a camera so as to be accessible to an external pressure.

Abstract: An information display device for a camera which comprises a power source, an information display circuit, a timer circuit, and switch means for operating the timer circuit to connect the information display circuit to the power source for a fixed time. The switch means includes a first switch which is turned on while being shifted from an OFF to ON position, a second switch connected in series with the first switch, and a third switch connected in parallel with the second switch and interlocking with the first switch. The third switch is so designed as to be turned on to operate the timer circuit while the first switch is shifted from the OFF to ON position and to be already turned OFF when the first switch is brought to the ON position. Preferably, the first and third switches are rotary switches with a common movable contact, and the second switch is a self-restoring switch, such as a push switch.