JP2012011154A - Single-lens reflex camera carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a single-lens reflex camera carrier that reduces difficulty of carrying a single-lens reflex camera and that allows a user to quickly be ready to take a picture with the camera.SOLUTION: The single-lens reflex camera 60 composed of a camera body 61 and a lens body 63 is inserted, with the lens body 63 down, into a cylindrical camera holding body 11 and placed on top. The camera is then suspended and held by connecting to a shoulder strap with two hanging straps which are connected so as to be positioned on the same vertical plane including the center of gravity of the single-lens reflex camera 60.

Description

  The present invention relates to a camera carrying assist device for carrying a camera, and in particular, holds a single-lens reflex camera having a lens body attached to a camera body part on a camera holding part in contact with a human chest and / or abdomen from both shoulders. The present invention relates to a carrier for a single-lens reflex camera that reduces the weight and difficulty of carrying when the single-lens reflex camera is carried.

Conventionally, when carrying a single-lens reflex camera, the camera is put in a case that wraps the entire camera and is hand-held or shoulder-mounted using a strap attached to the case or the camera.
In order to respond immediately to the so-called photo opportunity, the case was hung from the shoulder or neck with the strap attached to the camera body without using the case.
In the prior art document 1, there is devised one in which a camera is inserted into a cylindrical case whose both ends are released, and the case is carried around the human waist.

  JP 2006-81776 A

SLR cameras have traditionally been difficult to carry around. In addition, since the lens bodies of different sizes and weights are exchanged and used, carrying with a strap attached to the camera body part that holds the single-lens reflex camera while hanging is extremely unstable.
When carrying with the strap attached to the camera body, hang it from the shoulder or neck. In any case, the weight and shape of a single-lens reflex camera with a lens attached to the body of the camera is carried. Is at the same time uncomfortable.
The position of the strap is not on the center of gravity of the single-lens reflex camera, increasing discomfort.
In particular, when hung from the neck, it may cause symptoms such as neck pain and shoulder stiffness.
In addition, when hanging from one shoulder, if it is not removed from the shoulder when taking a picture, it cannot be held in front of the face, and since it is impossible to prepare quickly, there is a possibility that the shutter chance is lost.
In Patent Document 1, the case is fixed to the waist with a belt, but the belt is worn around the human waist and is not suitable for a supporting action in the direction of hanging heavy objects.
Accordingly, it is difficult to carry a single-lens reflex camera having a weight of about 1 kg.

In order to solve the above problems, a single-lens reflex camera carrier that is a product of the present invention includes a single-lens reflex camera body unit and a single-lens reflex camera in which a lens body is mounted on a lens mount provided on one surface of the body unit. It is placed and held on the camera holding part in contact with the human chest and / or the abdomen, and is supported and suspended by both shoulders, back, chest and / or abdomen with a shoulder strap and two suspension straps.
The product of the present invention includes a camera holding portion, a hanging strap portion, a shoulder strap portion, a protective plate portion, and a reinforcing band portion.
Any of the constituent parts can be easily detached from the camera holding part.
The camera holding part main body, which is a member of the camera holding part, is a hollow, substantially cylindrical shape and is open at both ends.
The camera holder is used in a posture in which both end surfaces of the camera body are up and down, and the lens body of a single-lens reflex camera is inserted into the cylindrical portion from the upper end side, and the single-lens reflex camera is raised at a position where the end surface contacts the camera body. Hold it.
The cylindrical length of the camera holding part main body is shorter than the upper and lower end circular diameters, so that the single-lens reflex camera can be easily attached to and detached from the camera holding part main body.
Although the camera holder main body is substantially cylindrical, depending on the shape of the camera, it has a frustoconical shape, which makes it easy to attach and detach a single-lens reflex camera, and is compatible with large-diameter lens bodies.
In the camera holding unit body, a hanging tool is fixed to the center of both end faces on the outer periphery of the cylindrical part and at two positions farthest from each other, and the lifting belts fixed to the lifting tool are respectively Connect the strap with the belt connector.
When the single-lens reflex camera is placed on the camera holding unit main body and the lens body is faced downward and the hanging tool is suspended and held in a vertical posture by the two hanging straps, The string is fixed to the camera holding unit main body so as to be positioned on the same plane including the center of gravity of the single-lens reflex camera in a direction perpendicular to the ground.
One of the hanging tools provided at two positions is positioned in the approximate center of the camera grip and in contact with the camera grip in a posture in which the single-lens reflex camera is held on the camera holding unit main body.
The contact surface becomes a grip support surface that supports the weight of the camera, and the fulcrum that holds the weight is dispersed to increase the holding stability.
One or more suspension tools are provided at one place, and when there are a plurality of suspension tools, the stability and safety when suspended are further increased.

The hanging strap is connected to the shoulder strap lowered from the left and right shoulders by a hanging strap coupler in front of the chest and / or the abdomen of the human body.
The hanging strap does not cross in front of the human body and is connected to the shoulder strap.
The cylindrical diameter of the camera holder body is larger than the lens mount diameter of the camera body, and the maximum diameter is the size of the camera grip and camera body protruding from the mount mounting surface provided on the camera body. Limited by.
Therefore, when using the product of the present invention with a large-diameter lens body that exceeds the maximum diameter that can be taken by the cylindrical shape of the camera holding body, or when the product of the present invention is used with the hood attached to the lens body attached to the lens body, A single-lens reflex camera carrier having an open fastening type camera holding part main body having a structure that can be partly opened and fastened with one touch is used.
The camera holding surface, which is one end of the camera holding unit body, and the grip support surface of the hanger are made of a material having a lower hardness than the material of the camera body, such as cloth or leather.
Therefore, even if the single-lens reflex camera is held and carried with the product of the present invention, the camera is not damaged.
The hanging tool and the hanging string part, and the hanging string part and the shoulder string part are connected using a connector that can be attached and detached with one touch.
Therefore, the product of the present invention can be easily removed from the human body.
A shoulder strap part is comprised by the belt | band | zone body from which the attitude | position with which the human body was mounted | worn becomes a hanging shape.
The protective plate portion of the product of the present invention protects the camera holding unit and the single-lens reflex camera from sweat generated in the abdomen and chest when the product of the present invention is worn on the human body. Is provided with a string for wearing an adsorbent such as a towel.
The protective plate part can be easily detached from the camera holding part main body.
The reinforcement band part of the present invention is provided incidentally to the protective plate part or the camera holding part, and is simply connected and fixed to a belt other than the present invention used for the human body to stabilize the camera during walking. Used to increase sex.

The product of the present invention supports the weight of a single-lens reflex camera including a lens body on both shoulders and part of the back of the human body, the chest, and / or the abdomen.
Therefore, the load of the single-lens reflex camera applied to the human body is distributed, and even a single-lens reflex camera wearing a heavy lens body without causing neck or shoulder muscle pain can be easily carried.
When a single-lens reflex camera is attached to the product of the present invention and the lens is carried downward, the hanging strap attached to the camera holder is provided on the same plane as the center of gravity of the single-lens reflex camera. To reduce the difficulty of
Furthermore, when the belt connecting portion is used in combination, the single-lens reflex camera can be carried stably even when climbing, in particular, when descending or running, and is in close contact with the front of the human body.
Stable carrying can increase walking safety.
The shoulder strap portion can be replaced with a shoulder strap attached to a commercially available rucksack or the like, and can be used more easily.
Further, when carrying a load on the back such as a rucksack, the weight and the weight of the single-lens reflex camera attached to the product of the present invention are balanced between the front and back of the human body, the feeling of load is reduced, and a more comfortable carrying is obtained.
The single-lens reflex camera can be removed from the product of the present invention with almost one behavior, quick preparation at the start of the camera is possible, and there is no loss of shutter chance.
Since the holding body of the present invention has a substantially cylindrical shape and is open at both ends, it can be used for a single-lens reflex camera equipped with a long and thick lens body.

  It is a perspective view of the state holding the single-lens reflex camera in this embodiment.   It is a perspective view of the single-lens reflex camera carrier in this embodiment.   In this embodiment, it is a perspective view of the single-lens reflex camera carrier which attached four hanging tools.   It is a front view which shows the state which attaches a single-lens reflex camera to the single-lens reflex camera carrier in this embodiment, and carries with a human body.   It is a perspective view which shows the case where an open fastening type camera holding part main body is used for the camera holding part main body of the single-lens reflex camera carrier in this embodiment.   It is a perspective view which shows the state which attached the protection plate part to the camera holding part in this embodiment.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In addition, in this invention product, it is not limited to the following description, In the range which does not deviate from the summary of the invention product, it can change suitably.

The single-lens reflex camera carrier according to the present invention includes a camera holding part 10, a hanging strap part 20, a shoulder strap part 30, a protective plate part 40, and a reinforcing band part 50.
Any of the components can be easily detached from the camera holding unit 10.
The basic posture to be used on the human body is to insert a single-lens reflex camera 60 comprising a camera body 61 and a lens body 63 attached to a lens mount of the camera body 61 into the hollow portion of the camera holder 11. As a result, it is attached to the camera holding unit main body 11 and hung by the hanging strap part 20 connected by the hanging tool 12 fixed to the camera holding part main body 11, the hanging belt 17 fixed to the hanging tool 12, and the belt coupler 14. When held, in the single-lens reflex camera 60, the lens body 63 faces downward, and the holding surfaces 15a and 15b of the camera holding unit main body 11 and the grip support surface 16 of the hanger 12 are in contact with the camera body and are held upright. It is.

1 and 2, the camera holding unit 10 holds a single-lens reflex camera 60, and the camera holding unit main body 11 which is a member of the camera holding unit 10 is substantially cylindrical.
One end of the cylindrical end surface is a holding surface 15 that holds the single-lens reflex camera 60 on top of it, but a part of the cylindrical shape is substantially flat in accordance with the shape of the lens mount mounting base of the camera body portion 61. The holding surface 15b which is the upper end surface of the substantially straight line.
The holding surface 15a of the camera holding unit main body 11 following both ends of the holding surface 15b contacts the camera body 61 with a gentle elliptical arc shape, and supports the weight of the single-lens reflex camera 60 together with the holding surface 15b. Furthermore, the holding surface 15c removed from the camera body portion 61 is in contact with the outside of the camera upper complex 65 and increases the stability function for holding the camera.
When the camera holding unit 10 is suspended and held on the human body, the camera holding unit main body 11 has a cylindrical outer surface that forms the camera holding unit main body 11 and the outer surface of the planar portion is in contact with the chest and / or abdomen of the human body. The holding surface 15 is used in an upward posture.
In the above-mentioned use posture, the lifting tool 12 is fixed to the center of the both end surfaces of the camera holding unit body 11 on the outer side of the cylindrical body of the camera holding unit body 11 in the horizontal direction of the human body.
The hanger 12 is fixed to a position where an imaginary straight line connecting the centers of the fixing portions to the camera holding unit main body 11 is substantially parallel to the holding surface 15b.
The hanger 12 connects the hanger 20 with a hanger belt 17 and a belt coupler 14 fixed to the hanger 12.
When the single-lens reflex camera 60 is mounted on the camera holding unit main body 11 with the two hanging strap portions 20 mounted, the lens body 63 faces downward, and the hanging strap portion is suspended and held in a vertical posture, the suspension The tool 12 is fixed so that the hanging strap portion 20 is positioned on a vertical plane substantially the same as the center of gravity of the single-lens reflex camera.
Therefore, when the lengths of the hanging strap portion 20 and the hanging belt 17 are adjusted so that the holding surface 15a is horizontally horizontal and suspended by the hanging strap portion 20, the holding surface 15 is in a substantially horizontal position.
The cylindrical length of the camera holder main body 11 is shorter than the circular diameter of the upper and lower end surfaces of the cylinder, facilitating the attachment / detachment of the single-lens reflex camera 60 from the camera holder main body 11, and further contributing to the small size and light weight of the product of the present invention. .
The camera holding body 11 is substantially cylindrical, but when the single-lens reflex camera 60 is easily attached and detached and the large-diameter lens body 63 or a hood 64 having a relatively large diameter is used at the tip, the holding surface 15 is A truncated cone-shaped camera holder main body 11 having a small diameter upper surface is used.

One of the hanger 12 provided at two positions is positioned substantially at the center of the camera grip 62 and is in contact with the camera grip 62 in a posture in which the single-lens reflex camera is held on the camera holding body 11. .
The contact surface becomes the grip support surface 16 that supports the weight of the camera at the grip portion, and the fulcrum for holding the weight is dispersed to increase the holding stability.
One or more suspension tools 12 are provided at one location, and in the case of a plurality of suspension tools 12, the stability and safety when suspended are further increased.
The hanger 12 is connected to the hanger part 20 by a hanger belt 17 by a belt coupler 14 that can be attached and detached with one touch. The coupler 14 also has a belt length adjustment function.
The camera fixing string 13 attached to the camera holding unit main body 11 is a safety string for preventing the single-lens reflex camera 60 from falling off the camera holding unit main body 11.
The reinforcing band 50 is used by being connected to a belt or the like that is worn on a human body other than the product of the present invention, and increases the holding stability.
The holding surface 15 of the camera holder main body 11 and the grip support surface 16 of the hanger 12a are made of soft leather, cloth or the like compared to the constituent material of the camera body portion 61, and the camera is not damaged.

FIG. 3 shows an example in which two or more hanging tools 12 are attached. There are also two grip support surfaces 16 to increase the stability and safety of the load support.
FIG. 4 shows a state in which the single-lens reflex camera 60 is mounted on the product of the present invention and is worn on the human body.
The hanging strap portion 2 connected to the hanging device 12 and the hanging device belt 17 fixed to the camera holding body 11 by the belt coupler 14 is connected to the shoulder strap portion 30 by the hanging strap connector 21 and is held by the human body. The
The vertical position of the camera holding body 11 is adjusted by adjusting the lengths of the suspension belt 17 and the suspension strap portion 20 with the belt connector 14 and the suspension strap connector 21 having a length adjusting function.
The shoulder strap portion 30 can be replaced by a commercially available rucksack or the like, and the dedicated shoulder strap portion 30 uses a shoulder strap.

FIG. 5 shows a case where the front end of the lens body 63 is larger than the cylindrical diameter of the camera holder main body 11 or a large hood 64 is used with the front end of the lens body 63 attached. Is opened, so that the single-lens reflex camera 60 can be easily attached to the camera holding body 11.
This open fastening type camera holder main body has a truncated cone shape with a small diameter on the holding surface side in accordance with the thick lens body 63.
In the figure, the fastening part of the open fastening part is described assuming a magic tape, so details are not entered.
FIG. 6 shows the protection plate unit 40 combined with the camera holding unit main body 11 using a fixed string 41.
Although the present embodiment has been described above, the product of the present invention is not only used for suspending using both shoulders of the human body, but also a method of hanging and holding on one shoulder is sufficient for the features of the product of the present invention. It is a hanging method that lets you go.
In addition, in order to simplify the drawing, it has been described assuming that a magic tape is used as a functional product that can be attached and detached with one touch. However, other connecting parts such as a metal button may be used with higher reliability. Of course there is a possibility.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Camera holding part 11 Camera holding part main body 12 Hanging tool 13 Camera fixing string 14 Belt coupler 15 Holding surface 16 Grip support surface 17 Hanging tool belt 20 Hanging string part 21 Hanging string coupler 30 Shoulder string part 31 Length adjuster 40 Protective plate part 50 Reinforcement belt part 60 Single-lens reflex camera 61 Camera body part 62 Camera grip 63 Lens body 64 Hood 65 Camera upper composite

Claims (6)

In a single-lens reflex camera carrier having a camera holding body for holding a single-lens reflex camera composed of a camera body and a lens body,
The camera holding unit body is substantially cylindrical and has a hollow shape whose both ends are open, and a lens body is inserted from one end surface of the cylindrical shape, and the single-lens reflex camera is in a state where the end surface is in contact with the camera body portion. The single-lens reflex camera carrier is characterized in that it is suspended and held by two hanging straps connected by a lifting tool fixed to the left and right on the cylindrical outer surface of the camera holding body. In a single-lens reflex camera carrier having a camera holding body for holding a single-lens reflex camera composed of a camera body and a lens body,
When two hanging straps connected to a hanging tool fixed to the camera holding unit main body are used and the single-lens reflex camera mounted on the camera holding unit main body and the camera holding unit main body is hung, the hanger is hung vertically. The single-lens reflex camera carrier, wherein the strap is fixed so that the center of gravity of the two strings and the single-lens reflex camera are located on the same vertical plane.   One of the suspensions fixed to the camera holding unit body is located at the center of the camera grip when the single-lens reflex camera is mounted on the camera holding unit body, and the suspension unit suspends and supports the camera holding unit body. A single-lens reflex camera carrier that not only does, but also contacts the camera grip and supports part of the camera weight.   The single-lens reflex camera carrier according to claim 1, wherein there are two or more suspension members fixed to the camera holding unit main body.   The single-lens reflex camera carrier according to claim 1, wherein the camera holding unit body has a cylindrical length shorter than a circular diameter of both cylindrical ends.   A single-lens reflex camera characterized in that a part of the cylindrical shape of the camera holding body has an opening / closing function, and when a part of the cylindrical surface is opened, a single-lens reflex camera can be attached and detached from the outside of the cylindrical shape.・ Carrier.

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