JP2003057729A - Camera with built-in stroboscope - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent impact from being given to an operation knob for switching on/off a power switch for a stroboscope, and also, to prevent the trouble and failure of the power switch even if the impact is given to the knob. SOLUTION: An opening is formed in a front cover 17, and the operation knob 10 is made to project ahead from the opening. An opening 5a for exposing a photographic lens 4 is formed in the front cover 17, and a raised part 5 is formed around the opening 5a. Assuming a contact surface S where the front end of the raised part 5 comes into contact with the receiving part 40 on the operation knob side on the front cover 17, the projection height of the operation knob 10 is set so that the front end part of the operation knob 10 may not reach the contact surface S. Viewing from the front side of the front cover 17, the power switch is positioned outside the external outline of the operation knob 10. As the operation knob 10 is slid to an ON position, an operating member 31 is moved together with the knob 10, and then, an elastic armature 29b is bent so as to turn on the power switch.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera with a built-in flash, and more particularly to a structure for switching a power switch of a flash suitable for a simplified camera such as a lens-fitted film unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A lens-fitted film unit is known as a simple type camera in which a photographic film is preloaded at the time of manufacture. With the lens-fitted film unit with a built-in flash, the photographer operates the operation knob that turns the flash power switch on / off from the front of the front cover to perform flash photography. When the strobe power switch is turned on, charging of the main capacitor starts,
By pressing the shutter button after completion of charging, strobe light is emitted simultaneously with shutter release.

The operation member for turning on / off the power switch of the strobe includes a push operation type and a slide operation type. In the pressing operation type, the power switch provided behind the operating member is turned on by pressing the operating member, and turned off when the pressing is released. Therefore, when it is desired to repeatedly perform stroboscopic photography, it takes time to press the operation member each time and wait until the charging of the main capacitor is completed, but it is possible to prevent wasteful power consumption due to forgetting to turn off the power switch.

However, in such a pressing operation type lens-fitted film unit, the operating member may be pressed when the front cover is placed downward, the power switch may be turned on, and the battery may be uselessly consumed. Therefore, there is known a lens-fitted film unit in which a protrusion is provided on the outer periphery of the operation member so that the operation member is not inadvertently pressed. (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-5939)

In the slide operation type, the power switch is turned on when the photographer slides the operation member from the off position to the on position during flash photography. As a result, if the main capacitor is automatically recharged after the flash fires, after the operation member is moved to the on position, the flash photography is repeated without sliding the operation member again. Since it can be performed, it is superior to the pressing type in terms of operability.

On the other hand, in the slide operation type, if the operation member is forgotten to be returned to the off position, the power switch is left in the on state, and the power is consumed. It is possible to adopt a circuit configuration that automatically stops charging when the charging voltage of the main capacitor reaches a specified level, but as described above, the charging voltage of the main capacitor after the flash fires falls below the specified level value. If the circuit configuration is such that charging is automatically restarted when the battery voltage drops, the power switch will be repeatedly turned on and off, which will also cause the battery power to be exhausted.

Therefore, in order to prevent such battery consumption, the operation knob is set to the ON position and at the same time, the light guide member is projected from the lens-fitted film unit body to indicate that strobe charging is being performed. Accordingly, a lens-fitted film unit is known, which is designed to prevent the photographer from forgetting to turn off the strobe switch and to prevent wasteful battery consumption. (JP-A-11-6
(4951 publication)

[0008]

However, the conventional slide operation type film unit with a lens has a problem that the function of the strobe switch mechanism is impaired by the impact from the front surface. This is because there is a charging switch behind the slide-type operating member that is provided so as to project from the front cover, and a strong impact such as a drop is applied to the slide-type operating member so that it is placed at the bottom of the operating section. This is because the pressing protrusion sometimes inadvertently presses the elastic contact piece constituting the power switch against the fixed contact on the strobe board.

As a result, the elastic contact piece is plastically deformed and the power switch does not turn on even if the operating member is moved to the on position, and conversely, the power switch does not turn off even if the operating member is moved to the off position. Then, there was a problem that it interfered with the actual shooting. Further, this problem is likely to occur not only in the lens-fitted film unit, but also in the camera in which the power switch of the strobe and the operation member for switching on / off thereof are simplified as described above.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a camera with a built-in strobe that prevents a malfunction of switching the power switch even if a shock is applied to the slide operation type operation member from the front side. The purpose is to provide.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, in a camera with a built-in strobe according to the present invention, when the front cover is placed on a flat surface with the front cover facing downward, the protrusion and the front cover of the operation member side are separated from each other. Some of them are in contact with the flat surface, and the operating member is not in contact with this flat surface. According to this, even if there is a case where a strong impact is applied to the front cover by dropping the camera on a flat surface such as a desk with the front cover facing downward, the impact may cause damage to the raised portion or the front cover. It is received by the section, and the operating member is not directly impacted. Therefore, the elastic contact piece constituting the power switch located on the back surface of the operation knob is not directly pressed against the fixed contact on the strobe circuit with a strong force, preventing plastic deformation of the elastic contact piece, It is possible to obtain a stable charging operation for the strobe switch linked to the on / off operation of the operation knob.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the operation member is composed of an operation knob exposed on the front surface of the front cover and a switch operating portion for switching the power switch in conjunction with the operation knob, and the front surface of the front cover. When viewed from above, the charging switch is arranged outside the outer contour of the operation knob, and the switch operating portion is moved along with the operation to switch the power switch. Further, in this case, a power switch is composed of a fixed contact provided on the front surface of the strobe circuit board and an elastic contact piece having one end fixed to the front surface of the strobe circuit board, and the elastic contact piece is formed by moving the switch operating portion. It is effective to simplify the structure of the power switch by bending the switch and making the other end of the switch contact with the fixed contact to switch the switch from off to on.

According to this, even if an impact is applied to the front surface of the front cover and the operation knob is strongly pressed, the charging switch is not arranged on the back surface of the operation portion, so that the charging switch is constructed. The metal contact piece is not directly pressed against the fixed contact on the strobe circuit with a strong force. Therefore, the shape of the internal metal contact piece is not inadvertently deformed, and stable charging operation of the strobe switch can be obtained in conjunction with the on / off operation of the operation knob.

Further, if the strobe circuit board is displaced from a predetermined built-in position when a shock is applied to the camera, the relative position between the power switch and the switch operating portion is deviated, and stable switch switching is also performed. In the present invention, taking this point into consideration, the locking hole formed in the vicinity of the power switch is engaged with the locking claw integrally formed on the main body, and the surface of the strobe circuit board is engaged. Since the strobe circuit board is incorporated together with the positioning in the in-plane and out-of-plane directions, at least the position of the power switch is not extremely displaced even if the strobe circuit board is displaced due to a large impact force.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows the external appearance of a lens-fitted film unit to which the present invention is applied. The lens-fitted film unit includes a unit main body 2 in which a simple photographing mechanism is incorporated and a photographic film is preliminarily loaded, and an exterior label 3 attached so as to be wound around the outer periphery of the unit main body. An opening is formed in the outer label 3, an objective finder window 6 is provided on the front surface, a raised portion 5 that surrounds the periphery of the taking lens 4, and a light guide 8 for displaying on / off of strobe charging is provided on the upper surface.
An opening for exposing the film counter window 7 and the like is provided. Also, on the top and back of the unit body,
The light guide 8, the film counter window 7, the shutter button 12, and the winding knob 13 are provided.

When the operating knob 10 is slid from the off position to the on position, the power switch of the strobe device is turned on to start charging the main capacitor, and strobe light emission is permitted. Further, when the operation knob 10 is slid to the off position, the charging of the strobe circuit is cut off, and the strobe light emission is prohibited even when the charging is completed. The light guide 8 is made of transparent plastic,
It projects from the upper surface of the unit main body 2 in conjunction with the sliding operation of the operation knob 10 at the ON position. The portion protruding from the upper surface of the unit body is a diffuse reflection plate, and the rear end thereof is a light emitting diode 38 (see FIG. 3) provided on the strobe substrate.
See) face to face.

The light emitting diode 38 flashes and emits light when the power switch is turned on to start charging the main capacitor, and continuously emits light when the main capacitor is charged to a specified level. By guiding these lights to the diffuse reflection surface at the tip of the light guide, it becomes clear that both the photographer and the person being photographed have completed strobe charging. It is possible to know that charging is completed and the power switch is in the ON state, and it is possible to prevent forgetting to turn off the power switch.

When the photographer presses the shutter button 12 after the charging of the main capacitor is completed, the shutter mechanism operates and the shutter blades are opened and closed. In synchronization with this, strobe light is emitted from the strobe light emission window 9 toward the subject, and stroboscopic photography is performed. Further, when the operation knob 10 is set to the off position after the charging is completed and the image is taken, the image is taken without strobe light emission. When the shutter blades once open and close, the lock of the winding knob 13 is released, and the film winding operation becomes possible. Shutter charge is performed while one frame of film is being wound, and when one frame of film is completely wound, winding knob 1
3 is locked again and ready for shooting.

The unit body 2 is, as shown in exploded view in FIG. 2, a body base 15, a strobe unit 16, and a front cover 1.
7 and a rear cover 18. Body base 15
The cartridge 19 and the roll-shaped photographic film 20 are preliminarily incorporated in the artridge chamber and the film chamber of FIG. The exposure unit 2 is provided on the front surface of the main body base portion 15.
2 and the strobe unit 16 are respectively the main body base 15
It is positioned and assembled by using hook claws and the like that are integrally molded into.

The exposure unit 22 is composed of the main part of the photographing mechanism including the photographing lens 4, shutter blades, shutter charging mechanism, film winding mechanism and the like. When the shutter button 12 is pressed, the shutter blades are opened and closed, and the shutter charge mechanism and the film winding mechanism operate in tandem with the film feeding.

In the strobe unit 16, a strobe light emitting section 9 is mounted on a circuit board 26 on which circuit components constituting a strobe circuit are mounted in addition to a battery contact piece for holding a main capacitor 24 and a battery 25. On the circuit board 26, a power switch for closing the circuit by the operation of the shutter blades to start the charging of the synchro switch 28 which sends a trigger signal for strobe light emission and the main capacitor 24 to effectively operate the light emission trigger circuit. 29 are provided.

Between the front cover 17 and the circuit board 26,
The guide plate 30 and the operation plate 31 are assembled. As shown in FIG. 3, a positioning pin 32 provided on the main body base portion 15 penetrates and protrudes from the front surface of the circuit board 26 to position the guide plate 30.

As shown in FIG. 3, the power switch 29 comprises an elastic contact piece 29b mounted on the circuit board 26 and a fixed contact 29a, which corresponds to the position of the switch pressing piece 35a and is operated when viewed from the front. It is provided outside the knob 10. The power switch 29 is turned on when the forked portion formed at the end contacts the fixed contact 29a.
The displacement of the elastic contact piece 29b is performed by pressing the switch pressing piece 35a provided on the back surface of the charging operation member 23.

The elastic contact piece 29b is bent into a substantially U-shape in order to increase the elastic force, and its tip portion is fixed contact 29a.
Face to face. A switch pressing portion 35a is arranged at any time facing the upper portion of the elastic contact piece 29b. Elastic contact piece 29
A V-shaped bent portion is provided between the bent portion and the tip portion of b, and when the operating knob 10 is moved to the off position, the switch pressing piece 35a is arranged above the V-shaped bent portion. The tip of the elastic contact piece 29b is kept at a position apart from the fixed contact 29a. By moving the operation member 10 to the ON position, the tip of the switch pressing piece 35a presses the slope above the bent portion of the elastic contact piece 29b to bend the elastic contact piece 29b and bring it closer to the fixed contact 29a. When the operating knob 10 reaches the ON position, the tip of the elastic contact piece 29b comes into contact with the fixed contact 29a to turn on the power switch 29.

The operation plate 31 made of an integrally molded plastic is provided with an operation knob 10 protruding from an opening 17a on the front surface of the front cover and capable of turning on / off the strobe charge from the outside and for turning on a power switch 29. A flat plate-shaped switch actuating portion 35 is integrally formed. The switch actuating portion 35 is larger than the operation knob 10,
The switch actuating portion 35 includes a switch pressing piece 35a for turning on / off the power switch 29, a groove 35b, and a groove 35.
d is provided. In the figure, the switch pressing piece 35a is provided at the left end apart from the operation knob 10. Therefore, when viewing the unit body 2 from the front, the operation knob 1
The power switch 29 is turned on / off outside the outer contour of 0.

As described above, since the switch pressing piece 35a presses the elastic contact piece 29b of the charging switch 29 at a position different from the back surface of the operation knob 10, a strong impact such as a drop from the front surface of the unit body 2 is applied to the operation knob 10. Even if added, the metal contact piece 29b is not directly impacted via the pressing protrusion 35a, and therefore is not deformed. As described above, it is possible to ensure the stable on / off operation of the strobe circuit in conjunction with the sliding operation of the operation plate 31.

The switch pressing piece 35a is the guide plate 3
It penetrates through the opening 33 of 0 and reaches the front surface of the circuit board 26, and faces the elastic contact piece 29b forming the power switch 29. The groove 35b has a pair of guide protrusions 34a, 34a.
b is engaged. The movement of the operation plate 31 is restricted in the vertical direction by the engagement of these guide protrusions and the groove 35b. As shown in the figure, the left side of one of the guide protrusions 34a is a trapezoidal bent piece, and this bent side is in sliding contact with the protrusion 35c protruding into the groove 35b. Groove 35
35d is formed on the left side of b, and when the operating plate 31 is slid and the bent piece of the guide projection 34a comes into sliding contact with the projection 35c, the projection 35c is easily moved to the left.

The bent side of the guide protrusion 34a is formed by the operation plate 31.
Immediately before reaching the ON position, the load abuts on the protrusion 35c to move the operation plate 31, but by further sliding the operation plate 31 upward, the guide protrusion 34a and the protrusion 3
The operation plate 31 does not inadvertently return to the off position by the engagement with 5c, and at the same time, does not move from the off position to the on position. Further, a step is provided on the right side wall of the groove 35b so as to prevent the operation plate 31 from moving beyond a certain sliding range.

The guide plate 30 not only guides the sliding movement, but also the circuit board 26 and the operation knob 1.
Between 0 and 0, it also plays the role of buffering the shock from the front. This is because even if a drop impact is directly applied to the operation knob 10 from the front surface of the front cover when it is dropped, the impact is temporarily received by the guide plate 30 so that it is not transmitted to the circuit board 26 incorporating the precision electric component. It has become.

The switch actuating portion 35 is provided with a bifurcated holding portion 37 for holding the pin 8a formed integrally with the light guide 8 by sandwiching it. The light guide 8 is projected from the upper surface of the unit body 2 by the switch actuating portion 35 by moving the operating portion 10 to the ON position. The light guide 8 is projected from the upper surface of the unit body 2 by the switch actuating portion 35, and at the same time, the incident surface of the light guide 8 faces the light emitting diode 38 mounted on the circuit board 26. Then, the light emitted from the light emitting diode 38 is guided to the outside of the unit main body 2 by the inner surface reflection, and the photographer and the person to be photographed complete the strobe charging.

The strobe unit 16 has a main body base portion 15.
Of the exposure unit 22 and the film chamber 50. Specifically, the film chamber 50
The main capacitor 24 is arranged in the upper space of the above, and the battery 25 is arranged in the space below the exposure unit 22.
Further, the synchro switch 29 is inserted into the internal mechanism of the exposure unit 22 in order to synchronize with the operation of the shutter blades opened and closed by the shutter release operation. Body base 1
5, hook claws 36 are integrally formed and are engaged with locking holes 26a provided around the elastic contact piece 29a of the circuit board 26, so that the circuit board 26 is claw-coupled to the base of the main body. As a result, the circuit board 26 is fixed to the main body base while being positioned in both the in-plane direction and the out-of-plane direction. Therefore, even if the circuit board 26 may be slightly displaced due to a shock or the like, there is almost no displacement in the vicinity of the power switch 29, and the switch pressing piece 35.
a prevents the elastic contact piece 29b from coming off the contact, thereby ensuring the reliability of switch switching. Further, the hook claws 36 can prevent the strobe unit 16 itself from being displaced, so that the positional displacement of the synchronizing contact piece or the like can be prevented.

Further, after the strobe unit 16 is assembled in the base of the main body, the guide plate 30 is aligned with the protrusion 32 from the main body substrate, and further the guide protrusion 34 is provided.
Assemble the operation plate 31 according to a and 35b. Further, the front cover 17 is attached to the base of the main body. The stroboscopic light emitting portion 9 and the shutter button 12 are exposed from an opening formed in a required portion of the front cover 17, and the viewfinder objective lens is exposed from the viewfinder objective window 6. Further, the operation knob 10 integrated with the operation plate 31 is projected from the opening 17a, and the taking lens 4 is exposed from the opening 5a of the raised portion 5.

After that, the film and the cartridge are loaded, and the cover 18 is light-tightly covered. Bottom lids 18a and 18b are integrally formed at the lower end of the rear cover 18, and the bottom surfaces of the cartridge chamber 51 and the film roll chamber 50 are light-tightly covered to complete the assembly of the lens-fitted film unit.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the essential parts of a lens-fitted film unit. The raised portion 5 around the taking lens opening 5a provided in the front cover 17 is provided in the lens barrel portion 22a protruding from the front surface of the exposure unit 22 provided with the taking lens 4 on the front surface. In order to make the unit body compact by suppressing the thickness of the entire unit body in the optical axis direction, the above-mentioned raised portion 5 is provided on the front cover 17,
The lens barrel portion 22a is incorporated therein. Further, this raised portion 5 has a role of a lens hood for preventing irrelevant light from entering the photographing lens 4 at the time of photographing, and also has a surface protruding from the photographing lens surface, whereby the front cover 1
Even if the unit body 2 is placed with the bottom surface 7 or if the unit body 2 is impacted from the front such as falling, the taking lens 4
Prevents scratches on the surface.

The front cover 17 is provided with an operation knob 10 protruding from the opening 17a so that the photographer can easily perform a slide operation. However, the protruding height of the operation knob 10 is the same as the front end of the raised portion 5 around the photographing lens and the operation knob 1.
When the tangential plane (flat surface) S in contact with the receiving surface 40 of the front cover 17 on the side where 0 is provided is hypothesized, the front end of the operation knob 10 is set so as not to contact the tangential plane S.
Although the receiving portion 40 shown in the figure is a ridge portion extending in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface on the surface of the front cover 17 itself, a projection or a ridge protruding forward is provided on the surface of the front cover 17, and It can also be used as the receiving portion 40.

As a result, the receiving portion 40 and the raised portion 5
Therefore, the impact from the front side is received, and the direct operation knob 10 is not inadvertently pressed with a strong force. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the elastic contact piece 29b from being deformed without inadvertently pressing the elastic contact piece 29b that is included in the power switch 29 on the back surface thereof due to the impact on the operation knob 10. It is possible to obtain a stable charging operation for the strobe switch linked to the on / off operation. In addition, since it is possible to prevent impact on the precision electric parts installed on the circuit board 26, it is possible to prevent the strobe unit 16 from being damaged and to perform stable strobe light emission.

Further, even if the film unit with lens is dropped on the uneven ground and the operation knob 10 is inadvertently impacted, the power switch 29
Is provided at a position deviated from the back surface of the operation knob 10, the operation plate 31 and the guide plate 30 receive a temporary impact, and the direct elastic contact piece 29b constituting the power switch is formed.
There is no strong impact on the.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the operating knob 10
It is conceivable to provide the ridges 41a and 41b so as to be horizontal with the on / off slide movement direction. According to this, the operation knob 10 is provided on the inner side of the tangential plane formed by the biconvex shape.
By arranging, the operation knob 10 is not inadvertently pressed by the impact from the front surface. Further, since there is no protrusion between the upper edge and the lower edge of the opening 17a, the operation knob 10 can be smoothly slid.

Further, by defining the height of the operating knob 10 inside the tangent plane formed by the front end of the protrusion 41a and the front end of the raised portion 5, the protrusion 41a and the raised portion 5 receive an impact. The shock from the front of the unit body may be buffered.

In this embodiment, the example in which the guide plate 30 is provided is shown, but the switch pressing piece 35a on the back surface of the operation plate 31 is used without using the guide plate 30.
The elastic contact piece 29b of the circuit board 26 is pressed by the fixed contact 2
The shape may be such that the charging switch 49a is turned on by contacting with 9a. The present invention is also used when the operation plate 31 is of a lateral slide type, and the structure and shape of the power switch itself is not limited to the illustrated example. Further, the present invention is equally applicable not only to a lens-fitted photo film unit, but also to a camera capable of film exchange.

[0041]

As described above, according to the camera with a built-in flash of the present invention, the operation member for switching the power supply of the flash is projected from the front cover, but the front cover is directed downward so that the camera is flat. When placed, the front end of the operating member is set so that it does not come into contact with a flat surface, so even if a strong impact is applied to the front surface due to a fall or the like, the bumps and part of the front cover will receive the impact. Therefore, no impact is applied to the direct operation knob. Therefore, it is possible to prevent plastic deformation of the shape of the elastic contact piece constituting the power switch located on the back surface of the operation knob, and to charge the stable strobe switch in synchronization with the on / off operation of the operation knob. You can get the operation.

Further, the operating member is composed of an operating knob exposed on the front surface of the front cover and a switch operating portion for switching the charging switch in conjunction with the operating knob, and the outer shape of the operating knob when viewed from the front. The charging switch is placed outside the outline, and the switch operating part is moved along with the operation to switch the power switch.Therefore, even if the power switch is damaged due to a strong impact on the front such as a drop, It is possible to prevent deformation, and it is possible to obtain a stable charging operation for the strobe switch that is linked to the on / off operation of the operation knob. Further, since the hook claw integrally formed with the main body is engaged with the locking hole formed in the vicinity of the power switch to position and fix the strobe circuit board, the strobe circuit may be affected by a shock or the like. Even if the board moves slightly, the power switch part hardly moves both in-plane and out-of-plane, so that the switch operation can be surely switched by sliding the operation knob. Particularly, according to the present invention, a power switch is composed of a fixed contact provided on the front surface of the strobe circuit board and an elastic contact piece having one end fixed to the front surface of the strobe circuit board, and the elastic contact piece is bent by a moving operation of the switch operating portion. This is especially effective when switching is performed without any delay.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a lens-fitted film unit embodying the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a lens-fitted film unit body embodying the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of essential parts of a lens-fitted film unit embodying the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of an essential part of a lens-fitted film unit embodying the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of a film unit with a lens.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 unit body 4 shooting lens 5 ridge 10 Operation knob 15 Body base 16 strobe units 17 Front cover 26 circuit board 26a Locking hole 29 Power switch 29a Fixed contact 29b Elastic contact piece 30 guide plate 31 Operation board 35a Switch pressing piece 36 hook claws 40 Receiver S tangent plane

Front page continuation (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification code FI theme code (reference) G03C 3/00 G03C 3/00 575H

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A front cover of a main body part in which a photographing mechanism is incorporated is covered with a front cover, and a raised portion formed with an opening for exposing a photographing lens so as to project forward from the front cover, and a built-in flash. In a camera with a built-in strobe provided with an operation member that is operated to slide when the power is turned on and off, when the front cover is placed on a flat surface with the front cover facing downward, the protrusion and a part of the front cover on the operation member side Touches a flat surface,
A camera with a built-in flash, characterized in that the operating member is not in contact with this flat surface. 2. A front cover of a main body having a photographing mechanism incorporated therein is covered with a front cover, and a power switch of a built-in flash is switched on / off by moving an operation member slidably provided on the front cover. In the built-in flash built-in camera, the operation member includes an operation knob that projects through the opening of the front cover to the front surface of the front cover and is slid by the photographer, and moves integrally with the operation knob before and after the front cover to supply power. And a switch operating section for switching the switch. The switch operating section, when viewed from the front of the front cover, switches on / off the power switch provided outside the outer contour of the operation knob. A camera with a built-in flash. 3. A strobe circuit board is attached to the front surface of the main body, and the power switch includes a fixed contact exposed on the front surface of the strobe circuit board and an elastic contact piece having one end fixed to the strobe circuit board. The camera with a built-in strobe according to claim 2, wherein the power switch is turned on by bending the elastic contact piece by moving the operating piece and bringing the other end into contact with the fixed contact. 4. A strobe circuit board is formed with a locking hole so as to be positioned near the power switch, and a locking claw integrally molded with the main body is engaged with the locking hole, whereby On the other hand, the strobe circuit board is positioned and attached in the in-plane and out-of-plane directions.
The camera with a built-in flash according to any one of to 3.