JP2001083584A - Camera with electronic flash device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a capacitor for making a stroboscope emit light from obstructing the miniaturization of a camera by applying a capacitor whose space efficiency is excellent as the capacitor for making the electronic flash emit light and considering the arrangement thereof. SOLUTION: The flat capacitor 15 is applied to this camera as the capacitor for charging the stroboscope in order to make it emit light. The capacitor 15 is housed in the grip part 1a of a camera main body 1. Besides, a cartridge chamber 6 and two batteries 9 are also arranged at the grip part 1a. Then, the capacitor 15 is arranged in the grip part 1a in a posture that it becomes in parallel with a lens optical axis 0 by setting the main plane surface 15b thereof along the axis of the chamber 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an arrangement structure of a strobe charging capacitor of a camera having a strobe device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional camera with a flash light emitting device (strobe device), a cylindrical aluminum electrolytic capacitor is used as a capacitor for charging strobe light. This cylindrical capacitor is configured by winding up a cathode foil and an anode foil having a dielectric formed of aluminum oxide, and electrically connecting the anode foil and the cathode foil with an electrolytic solution. Since the capacitor capacity per unit volume is large, it is particularly suitable as a capacitor for strobe light emission and has been used conventionally.
FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a cylindrical capacitor applied to the conventional camera.

However, this cylindrical capacitor 95
Since the capacitor is formed by winding the electrode foil, the outer shape becomes cylindrical. Further, when the capacitor is manufactured, the core is wound around the core and manufactured, so that the space of the core is inevitably formed, and the shape cannot be reduced in size. Further, the capacitor 95 is characterized in that the electrode terminal can be taken out only from the upper side (the same applies to the lower part) of the cylinder, and cannot be taken out from the side face, in terms of structure.

[0004] In recent years, there has been a demand for smaller and thinner cameras themselves in spite of improvements in photographing performance. However, since the conventional camera has the advantage that the capacitor capacity is large as described above, it is configured by using the cylindrical capacitor 95. Therefore, when the capacitor is structurally installed at a right angle portion of the camera, Had a useless part (space). In addition, it is difficult to reduce the diameter of the circle because of the method of manufacturing the capacitor. As a result, there have been disadvantages such as the downsizing of the camera and the inability to realize a camera having an easy-to-use camera body shape.

Therefore, conventionally, when the above-mentioned cylindrical condenser 95 is incorporated in the camera body of a camera with a flash device, in order to minimize dead space, for example, a structure in which the condenser 95 is housed in a grip portion of the camera body. Was adopted.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view showing the arrangement of the conventional camera with a strobe device, FIG. 14 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the arrangement of the camera with a strobe device, viewed from the lens side, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view along the optical axis of the lens showing the arrangement of the camera with the flash device.

As shown in FIG. 13 and the like, a focal plane shutter 84, a mirror box 83, a non-exchangeable lens barrel 82, and an aperture 85 are provided on the front or rear of the camera body 81, respectively. It is arranged. In addition, the grip 81a sandwiches the shutter 84.
A patrone chamber 86 is provided on the side (left side), and a spool chamber 87 is provided on the opposite side (right side). In the grip 81a of the camera body, in addition to the patrone chamber 86, a driving power source battery 89 and a cylindrical strobe charging capacitor 95 are disposed along the patrone chamber axis.

As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, a finder prism 90 and a strobe device 91 which can be popped up are disposed above a mirror box 83. Further, a drive unit (for film / lens drive) 92 is provided below the mirror box 83 with its main plane extending along a horizontal direction orthogonal to the optical axis O.

In the above-described conventional camera with a flash device, the charging capacitor 95 is connected to the camera body 81.
When it is accommodated in the grip portion 81a, it is surely effective in reducing the size of the entire camera body. However, since the cylindrical capacitor 95 is housed in the grip portion 81a, the grip portion may be larger than the optimally sized grip portion, and the holding performance is not necessarily good.

[0010] Even if the charging capacitor 95 is to be accommodated in a place other than the grip portion, it is difficult to make the camera body compact and easy to use because of its cylindrical shape.

In the camera disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-222432 capable of flash photography, the charging condenser is divided into two cylindrical condensers, and one of the condensers is gripped on the side of the camera body. And an electric circuit section between the capacitor and the camera body.

[0012] The structure of a capacitor for a built-in strobe in a camera disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-161216 is as follows.
Similarly, the charging capacitor is divided into two cylindrical capacitors, and the two cylindrical capacitors are arranged on the side surface of the camera body on the spool chamber side along the longitudinal direction of the spool chamber.

[0013]

However, the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. Hei 6-222432 and Hei 10-161 are disclosed.
In any of the cameras disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 216, a capacitor having a small diameter is built in by dividing the camera into two parts. However, since a cylindrical one is applied, a dead space is provided around the capacitor. Is inevitable. Further, the division into two increases the number of terminals, which is disadvantageous in the number of assembling steps.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a capacitor having high space efficiency is applied as a strobe light emitting capacitor so as not to hinder compactness in a camera body. An object of the present invention is to provide a camera with a strobe device in consideration of the arrangement of the condenser.

[0015]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera with a flash device, wherein the flash device is built in the camera body and a grip portion is formed on a side of the camera body. A flat-shaped capacitor for emitting light from the strobe device, and the capacitor is disposed in a grip portion of the camera body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the camera with a strobe device according to the first aspect, the grip portion is separable from the camera body.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera with a strobe device, comprising a photographing optical system and a strobe device, wherein a grip portion is formed on a side of the camera body. The condenser has a flat-shaped condenser for emitting the light, and is disposed in the grip portion of the camera body in a posture in which the widest surface of the condenser is substantially parallel to the optical axis of the photographing optical system.

[0018]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an arrangement of a camera with a flash device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the arrangement of the camera as viewed from a lens side. In the following description of each embodiment, the subject side of the camera is defined as the front side, and the film surface side is defined as the rear side. The horizontal direction indicates left and right as viewed from the subject side.

The camera with a flash device according to the present embodiment
A focal plane type shutter device 4 having a magnet controller 4a in the camera body 1 as shown in FIG.
A mirror box 3 with a built-in quick return mirror, a non-exchangeable lens barrel 2, and an aperture unit 5 having an opening 5a are arranged on the imaging optical paths on the front and rear surfaces of the camera.

Above the mirror box 3 and the shutter device 4, a finder pentaprism 10 and a pop-up strobe device 11 having a built-in strobe light emitting section are arranged.
Below the shutter device 4, its main plane (maximum plane part)
A drive unit 12 having a gear train and the like for film feed driving and lens advancing / retracting driving is disposed in a state in which is located along a horizontal direction orthogonal to the optical axis O.

In front of the magnet control section 4a of the shutter device 4, a sequence motor 8 serving as a drive source of the drive unit 12 is disposed along a vertical direction orthogonal to the optical axis O.

Further, a patrone chamber 6 is provided in the left grip portion 1a of the camera body 1 with the shutter device 4 interposed therebetween.
, A spool chamber 7 is provided on the right side. Also,
In the grip portion 1a, two batteries 9 for power supply are arranged in front of the patrone chamber 6 in parallel with the optical axis O, and further adjacent to the patrone chamber 6 on the left outside of the battery 9. And a flat-shaped strobe light emission charging capacitor 15 is disposed.

The capacitor 15 has an outer shape having a width a and a length b and a thickness t1 smaller than the dimensions of the width and the length as shown in a perspective view of the external shape of FIG. 3, and is the widest surface. A flat electrolytic capacitor having a main surface 15b is used.
Further, it has a connection terminal 15a outside thereof. The volume of the width a, the length b and the thin thickness t1 is substantially equal to the volume of the diameter d and the length 1 of the conventional cylindrical capacitor 95 shown in FIG. Capacity to store enough light-emitting energy required as a light-emitting capacitor. Although the capacitor 15 shown in FIG. 3 has a square end surface on the width a side, the end surface portion may have a rounded shape.

The position of the condenser 15 in the grip portion 1a is such that the principal plane 15b of the widest surface providing the thickness t1 extends along the axis of the cartridge chamber 6 and the battery 9 and is substantially parallel to the lens optical axis O. And

In the camera with a flash having the above-described configuration according to the present embodiment, when performing flash photography,
The strobe device 11 is rotated to a pop-up position where strobe light can be emitted. Then, the capacitor 15 is charged via a strobe light emission control circuit (not shown), and the charged charge is supplied to an arc tube (not shown) to perform strobe light emission, thereby performing strobe flash photography.

In the camera with a flash device according to the present embodiment described above, the flat charging capacitor 15 is used.
The main plane 15b having the thin thickness t1 is
The lens cartridge 6 is disposed along the left side of the patrone chamber 6 in the area a and substantially parallel to the lens optical axis O. Therefore,
The left and right width portions of the grip portion 1b are mainly determined by the battery 9 and the thin capacitor 15. However, the flat shape of the capacitor 15 does not significantly increase the width of the grip portion, and the capacitor 15 can be formed into a shape suitable for holding.

Next, as a modified example of the camera with a flash device of the first embodiment, a camera having a built-in flash device with a large light emission amount will be described. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing an arrangement of a camera with a flash device according to the present modified example, and FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the arrangement of the camera as viewed from a photographing lens side.

In a strobe device having a large amount of strobe light emission, it is naturally necessary to increase the capacity of a strobe light emission charging capacitor. In the camera of this modification, however, the flat capacitor 15 shown in FIG. We will respond by increasing the thickness. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.
This is the same as the camera according to the embodiment, and different portions will be described below. The same components as those of the camera according to the first embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the camera of the present embodiment, the strobe light emission charging capacitor 25 is similarly disposed adjacent to the patrone chamber 6 and to the left outside of the battery 9.

The capacitor 25 is a flat electrolytic capacitor having a principal plane (the widest surface) 25b having a thickness t2 slightly larger than that shown in the perspective view of FIG. The capacity of the condenser 25 is set to a capacity that can store enough strobe light emission energy of the strobe device 22 having a large light emission amount.

The condenser 15 is oriented such that a main plane 25b providing a thickness t2 in the grip portion 21a of the camera body 21 is substantially parallel to the lens optical axis O along the axis of the patrone chamber 6 and the battery 9. Be placed.

In the camera with a flash device according to the present modification described above, the flat charging capacitor 25 is attached to the main plane 25b having a small thickness t2 in the grip portion 21a in the same manner as in the first embodiment. Are arranged along the left outside of the patrone chamber 6 and substantially parallel to the lens optical axis O. Therefore, the same effects as in the case of the first embodiment can be obtained.

In particular, since the thickness of the capacitor 25 is only slightly increased, the grip portion does not become extremely wide, and can be formed into a shape suitable for holding. Furthermore, even if it is necessary to change the specifications for a camera that emits a large amount of light from a strobe device, there is no need to make any major changes inside the camera.The specifications of the strobe light tube and the thickness of the strobe light charging capacitor are changed. This can be dealt with only by slightly increasing the width of the grip portion 21a.

Next, a camera with a flash device according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing an arrangement of a camera with a strobe device according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the arrangement of the camera as viewed from a photographing lens side.

In the camera of this embodiment, a patrone chamber, two batteries for power supply, and a flat-shaped strobe light emission charging capacitor are also arranged in the grip portion, but the two batteries are arranged in series. . Other configurations are the same as those of the camera of the first embodiment.
The different parts will be described. The same components as those of the camera according to the first embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, in the camera according to the present embodiment, two batteries 9 are provided in the grip portion 31a of the camera body 31 in front of the patrone chamber 6, and a strobe light emission charging capacitor 35 is provided outside the battery 9. Are arranged side by side. The two batteries 9 are arranged in series in a direction perpendicular to the lens optical axis O and vertically stacked along the axis of the patrone chamber 6.

The capacitor 35 is a flat electrolytic capacitor having a principal plane (largest surface) 35b having a thickness t3 similar to that shown in the perspective view of FIG. The capacitor 35 also has a capacity to provide enough capacity to store the necessary strobe light emission energy of the strobe device 11.

The position of the condenser 35 in the grip portion 31a of the camera body 31 is such that the main plane 35b, which is the widest surface providing the thickness t3, is formed in the cartridge chamber 6.
Along the axis of the battery 9 and substantially parallel to the lens optical axis O.

In the camera with a flash device according to the present embodiment described above, the two flat batteries 9 are stacked one on top of the other in the grip part 31a of the camera body, and the flat charging capacitor 35 is further thinned. The main plane 35b giving the thickness t3 was arranged in front of the patrone chamber 6 along the axis of the patrone chamber 6. Therefore, what is accommodated in the width portion of the grip portion 31a is the capacitor 35.
Since only the thin thickness t3 of the
The degree of freedom with respect to the shape of “a” is further increased, and an appropriate grip portion shape that is easier to hold can be selected.

Next, a camera with a flash device according to the third embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing an arrangement of a camera with a strobe device according to the present embodiment and a capacitor unit detachable from the camera. FIG. 9 shows a camera with the capacitor unit mounted on the camera. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the arrangement of the capacitor units.

In the camera of the present embodiment, a capacitor unit 42 accommodating a flat strobe light emission charging capacitor 45 is detachably attached (separated) to a part of a grip portion of the camera body. Other configurations are the same as those of the camera of the second embodiment, and different portions will be described below. The same components as those of the camera according to the second embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals.

As shown in FIG. 8, the camera body 41 of the camera according to the present embodiment is provided with a grip portion 41a constituting a part of a grip, and the grip portion 41a is orthogonal to the lens optical axis O. A patrone room 6 along the direction,
Two batteries 9 stacked one on top of the other are arranged in front of them. A capacitor unit 42 constituting a detached exterior surface is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the grip portion 41a.
, A connection terminal 41c, and a lock mechanism (not shown) are provided on the joint 41b. The lock mechanism may use an engagement claw or a screw.

On the other hand, the capacitor unit 42 has a built-in strobe light emission charging capacitor 45, constitutes a part of the exterior of the grip, and has a grip portion 42a for providing a grip width, and an exterior surface in a detached state. A connection portion 42b with the portion 41a, a connection terminal portion 42c on the connection portion 42b, and a locked portion (not shown) are provided.
Note that a printed circuit board constituting a charging circuit may be accommodated inside the capacitor unit 42.

The capacitor 45 is a flat electrolytic capacitor having a thickness t4 similar to that shown in the perspective view of FIG. 3 and having a widest main surface 45b. The capacitor 45 has a capacity to provide enough capacity to store the necessary strobe light emission energy of the strobe device 11.

In the condenser unit 42, a main plane 45b for providing a thickness t4 in the condenser unit 42 in a state of being mounted on the grip portion 41a extends along the axis of the cartridge chamber 6 and the battery 9 and is substantially parallel to the lens optical axis O. It is arranged in a posture where

In order to mount the capacitor unit 42 on the grip portion 41a of the camera body, the capacitor unit 42 is fitted into the grip portion 41a of the camera body in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 8, and as shown in FIG.
b and 42b are joined together. The connection is locked by the lock mechanism, and the connection terminals 41c and 42c are mounted in a connected state.

When the condenser unit 42 is mounted, the strobe device on the camera body is in a chargeable state, and photographing by strobe light emission is possible. When the capacitor unit 42 is mounted, the capacitor unit 42 provides an appropriate width portion of the grip portion, and the left side surface of the capacitor unit 42 is located on the left side of the camera body 41. The shape is matched to the side, and the grip is shaped to be easy to hold.

When the capacitor unit 42 is to be removed, the lock mechanism is released and removed. At this time, the charge charged in the capacitor 45 may remain. Make it detachable after discharging.

The camera with a strobe device according to the present embodiment described above has the same effects as those of the second embodiment. In the above camera, a thin thickness t4
Since the capacitor unit 42 having the flat charging capacitor 45 built therein is made detachable, it has an effect on the form when flash photography is not performed or compatibility with a camera without a flash photography function.

For example, if a grip unit having the same shape as the condenser unit 42 but not including the condenser 45 is prepared in advance and there is no plan to perform flash photography,
Alternatively, in the case of providing a camera without a flash photographing function, the specifications can be easily changed by mounting a grip unit instead of the condenser unit in order to make the camera body as light as possible.

Further, when it is necessary to perform strobe shooting with an increased amount of light emission during shooting with the camera with the strobe device of the present embodiment, the camera is replaced with a capacitor unit having a built-in capacitor having a large capacity as described later. In addition, the flash photography can be performed. Also,
Removing the capacitor unit 42 also has the effect of being convenient for carrying.

Next, a modification of the camera with a flash device of the third embodiment will be described. FIG.
FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing an arrangement of the camera and the capacitor unit according to the present modification in a mounted state, and FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the capacitor unit.

The camera according to the present modification is similar to the camera according to the third embodiment in that a flat strobe light emission charging capacitor 55 is provided at a part of the grip portion 51a of the camera body.
Is detachable (separable) from the capacitor unit 52 that accommodates a large strobe light emission amount. Other configurations are the same as those of the camera of the third embodiment, and different portions will be described below. The same components as those of the camera according to the third embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals.

As shown in FIG. 10, the camera body 51 of the camera according to the present modification is provided with a grip portion 51a constituting a part of a grip similarly to the camera of the third embodiment. , A patrone chamber 6 is arranged along a direction orthogonal to the lens optical axis O, and two batteries 9 stacked vertically in front of the patrone chamber 6.

Outside the grip portion 51a, a joint portion 51b which is an exterior surface and is connected to the capacitor unit 52,
A connection terminal portion 51c on the bonding surface 51b and a lock mechanism (not shown) are provided. Note that the strobe device provided on the camera side has an arc tube with a larger light emission amount. Further, it is also possible to mount the capacitor unit 42 applied to the camera of the third embodiment to the joint 51b.

On the other hand, the condenser unit 52 has a built-in condenser 55 for charging the strobe light, and has a joint portion 52 between a grip portion 52a for providing a width portion of the grip portion and a grip portion 51a serving as an exterior surface in a detached state.
b, a connection terminal portion 51c and a locked portion (not shown) are provided on the joint portion 52b. A printed circuit board for charging may be accommodated inside the capacitor unit 52.

The capacitor 55 is a flat electrolytic capacitor having a thickness t5 slightly thicker than that shown in the perspective view of FIG. 3 and having a main surface 55b which is the widest surface. The capacitor 55 has a capacity to provide a capacity enough to store strobe light emission energy necessary for a strobe device having a light emission tube of a large light emission amount.

The position of the condenser 55 in the condenser unit 52 is such that the main plane 55b giving the thickness t5 along the axis of the patrone chamber 6 and the battery 9 while the lens 55 is mounted on the grip 51a. The posture is substantially parallel to the axis O.

In order to mount the capacitor unit 52 on the grip portion 51a of the camera body, as shown in FIG. 10, the connecting surfaces 51b and 52b are joined together, locked by a lock mechanism (not shown), and connected to the connection terminal portion 51c. , 5
2c is connected and put in the mounted state. In this mounted state,
The capacitor unit 52 provides a width portion of the grip portion, and the left side surface of the capacitor unit 52 is closer to the condenser 55
Has a shape that protrudes outward by an amount W corresponding to the increase in the thickness. However, since it depends only on the increase in the thickness of the capacitor, it does not protrude so much, and the grip holdability does not deteriorate.

When the capacitor unit 52 is mounted, the charging unit can be charged, and strobe light can be emitted with a large amount of emitted light. Further, for example, when the condenser unit 52 is mounted in a state in which the camera according to the third embodiment described above incorporates a strobe device having a larger light emission amount as a light emitting tube, a large light emission amount as described above is obtained. Strobe light emission is executed. When the capacitor unit 42 is mounted in place of the capacitor unit 52, strobe light emission with a normal light emission amount becomes possible.

The camera with a strobe device according to the present modification described above has the same effect as that of the third embodiment, but in particular, the capacitor 55 having a larger capacity.
By replacing and replacing the capacitor unit 52 having a built-in capacitor and the capacitor unit 42 having a built-in capacitor 45 having a normal capacity, strobe shooting with a normal light emission amount and strobe shooting with an increased light emission amount can be performed. It is possible to do.

The strobe emission charge capacitor applied to the camera of each of the above-described embodiments and modifications has a flat shape with a small thickness, and a shape in which the principal plane which is the widest surface is a plane. Things were applied. However, the widest surface need not necessarily be a flat surface, and a thin capacitor formed with a curved surface may be applied.

Further, in the camera with a strobe device of each of the above-described embodiments, a structure in which the cartridge chamber is housed as one of the things housed in the grip portion is adopted. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the spool chamber is used instead of the cartridge chamber. May be adopted.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the example in which the taking lens barrel is incorporated in the camera body has been described. The above-described capacitor arrangement structure can be applied to the above.

Based on each of the above-described embodiments, (1) a camera with a flash device in which a photographic optical system, a spool device, and a flash device are built in the camera body and a grip portion is formed on the side of the camera body. A flash-shaped condenser for emitting light from the strobe device, wherein the condenser is disposed in a grip portion of the camera body, and the widest plane of the condenser is an optical axis of the photographing optical system. And a camera equipped with a strobe device, characterized in that the camera is arranged in a posture that is parallel to the spool shaft of the spool chamber.

(2) A camera body having a grip portion on the side, and a flat capacitor for emitting light from a strobe device, and a plane having the largest area of the capacitor is defined as a film feeding direction. A camera with a flash device characterized in that the condenser is disposed on the grip portion of the camera body in a substantially orthogonal posture can be proposed.

[0067]

As described above, according to the camera with a strobe device of the present invention, the strobe device has a flat shape with good space efficiency as a condenser for light emission. By arranging a condenser, the camera can be made more compact.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an arrangement of a camera with a flash device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the arrangement of the camera with a flash device according to the first embodiment, as viewed from the lens side.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a strobe light emission charging capacitor applied to the camera with a strobe device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing an arrangement of a camera according to a modified example with respect to the camera with a flash device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the arrangement of a camera with a flash device according to the modification, as viewed from the lens side.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing an arrangement of a camera with a flash device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the arrangement of the camera with a flash device according to the second embodiment, as viewed from the lens side.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing an arrangement of a camera with a flash device according to a third embodiment of the present invention and a condenser unit detachable from the camera.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing an arrangement in a state where the condenser unit is mounted on the camera with a flash device according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing an arrangement of a camera with a strobe device according to a modification of the third embodiment and a capacitor unit detachable from the camera in a mounted state.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the capacitor unit that can be mounted on the camera with a flash device according to the modification.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a cylindrical condenser applied to a conventional camera with a strobe device.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view showing an arrangement of a conventional camera with a flash device.

FIG. 14 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the arrangement of the conventional camera with a flash device as viewed from the lens side.

FIG. 15 is a vertical sectional view along the optical axis of a lens showing the arrangement of the conventional camera with a flash device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 21, 31, 41, 51 ... camera body 1a, 21a, 31a, 41a, 51a ... grip section 2 ... photographing lens barrel (photographing optical system) 11, 22 ... strobe device 15, 25, 35 , 45, 55 ... Flat-shaped capacitor 15b, 25b, 35b, 45b, 55b ... Main surface of capacitor (widest surface of capacitor) 42, 52 ... Capacitor unit (separable grip part)

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] November 25, 1999 (1999.11.
25)

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Claim 3

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[Procedure amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0017

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

The flash device with camera according to claim 3 of the present invention, and an imaging optical system and the flash device, the flash device camera with the grip portion is formed on the side of the camera body, the flash device The condenser has a flat-shaped condenser for emitting the light, and is disposed in the grip portion of the camera body in a posture in which the widest surface of the condenser is substantially parallel to the optical axis of the photographing optical system.

[Procedure amendment 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0064

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the example in which the taking lens barrel is incorporated in the camera body has been described, but the taking lens barrel is detachable from the camera body. The above-described capacitor arrangement structure can also be applied to a camera with a camera device.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A camera with a strobe device, wherein a strobe device is incorporated in a camera body and a grip portion is formed on a side of the camera body. The camera has a flat-shaped capacitor for emitting light from the strobe device. A camera with a strobe device, wherein the condenser is disposed in a grip portion of the camera body. 2. The camera with a flash device according to claim 1, wherein the grip portion is separable from the camera body. 3. A camera with a strobe device having a photographing optical system and a strobe device, wherein a grip portion is formed on a side of the camera body, wherein the camera has a flat-shaped condenser for emitting light from the strobe device. A camera with a flash unit, wherein the widest surface of the condenser is arranged in a grip portion of the camera body in a posture substantially parallel to an optical axis of the photographing optical system.