JP2014119690A - Camera rain cover - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow reliable and pleasant photography while adjusting each part with the same feeling as that in a clear sky without worrying that a camera gets wet in outdoor photography on a rainy day.SOLUTION: A camera main body has a structure which is surrounded with at least five faces of upper, lower, right, left and front faces so as not to be exposed to the rain. A slide part of a lens is completely protected from the rain by a cylindrical stretchable waterproof tool even when the lens is extended. When it is attached to a camera rain cover, there is a wide space around the camera and each part can be easily operated.

Description

The present invention prevents the camera from getting wet in the rain when taking a photograph outdoors in the rain, even if the camera is operated in the same way as in a fine weather.

On a rainy day, outdoor photography was taken with an umbrella over the camera or a plastic bag over the camera.

JP 2007-58142 A

Even when an umbrella was put on the camera, some rain was applied to the camera, causing the camera to malfunction.
Also, when shooting with a plastic bag, it is very troublesome and time consuming to put your hand in the plastic bag every time, such as focusing, exposure adjustment, shutter speed adjustment and pressing the shutter button. It was.

In order to achieve the above object, the first aspect of the present invention is not merely a plastic bag, but the camera is accommodated in a box of at least five surfaces of the upper surface, the lower surface, the left surface wall, the right surface wall, and the front wall with sufficient margin to focus and expose. It is easy to operate because the adjustment, shutter speed adjustment, and pressing the shutter button are performed inside the box, and the camera can be photographed by the same operation as when it is fine without wetting the camera.

In addition, the camera mounting hole on the bottom allows the camera and the product of the present invention to be fixed together with a screw so that the camera cover for rainy weather and the camera can move together even if the camera moves at an angle, up and down, left and right. It is a thing.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the left and right face walls and the front wall are coupled so as to be rotatable with respect to the lower face, and when the camera is used, the face walls are erected to protect the camera from rain. When the camera is removed and the product of the present invention is stored, each surface wall is folded so that the volume is small and convenient for carrying.

In the third aspect, the upper and left and right face walls are longer than the lens hood of the camera, and the opposite side is long enough to prevent the camera body from getting wet in the rain. The effect is that rainwater does not accumulate on the mounting surface of the camera lower surface, and the camera lower surface is wetted to prevent camera failure.

When the camera cover for rainy weather and camera are attached, a space where you can operate the focus, exposure, shutter speed adjustment, and the operation of pressing the shutter button, etc. is provided, so you can shoot reliably and comfortably in the same way as in fine weather.

When folded, the volume is small, so even if you put it in a bag, it will not get in the way and you will always be able to take it without accidental rain by using the product of the present invention.

The lens part cannot be covered with a plastic bag, and any rain cover will hold an umbrella, but the product of the present invention has the same effect as an umbrella because the upper and left and right walls are long.

Since the lower surface on which the camera body rides is shorter than the upper and left and right walls, it is difficult to rain and does not become a puddle.

Side view of the camera attached to the product of the present invention Top view of the front wall and a tubular, telescopic waterproof device attached to the lens hood Front view when assembling the product of the present invention Figure in the process of folding the product of the present invention

The invention described in claim 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a view in which the lower surface 2 and the camera 14 are fixed with a camera fixing screw 16 of a pan head 15 so that the lens side of the camera comes to the front wall 5.

One end of a tubular, telescopic waterproofing device 11 is fixed to the hole 9 of the front wall 5.
The other is equipped with, for example, a ring-shaped rubber 12 and several hook-shaped fasteners 13 that move in conjunction with the ring-shaped rubber 12 so that the cylindrical shape can be squeezed at the tip.

The shape of the tubular and telescopic waterproofing tool 11 is, for example, bellows, and the material is waterproof vinyl or waterproof cloth.
The hook-shaped fastener 13 is made of a waterproof synthetic resin hard plastic or the like.

When a tripod is used, the product of the present invention is sandwiched between the camera 14 and the pan head 15 and fixed so as to be integrated with the screw 16 of the pan head, and the integrated product is attached to the tripod.

In addition, a camera that does not use a tripod, such as a compact camera, processes a screw at the tip of a rod that is long enough to be grasped by a hand, and fixes the camera and the product of the present invention with the screw, and then grasps the rod with one hand and shoots.

When mounting the tubular and telescopic waterproofing device 11, the lens hood 18 is put on the tip of the lens hood 18, and the ring-shaped rubber 12 at the tip of the waterproofing device is stopped by the tube portion of the lens hood 18.

In addition, when the lens hood 18 has a taper, the hook-shaped fastener 13 has a thin taper side on the camera body side. Therefore, when the lens hood is expanded and contracted repeatedly, the ring-shaped rubber comes off the lens hood and becomes cylindrical. In some cases, the lens hood 18 is hooked on the tip of the lens hood 18 and interlocked with the waterproofing tool 11.

As a result, when the lens is extended and contracted, the cylindrical and expandable waterproofing device 11 expands and contracts together, so that the lens sliding portion 17 is not rained.

One end of the tubular and telescopic waterproofing device 11 is fixed to the front wall 5, but for a lens having a long sliding part such as a telephoto lens, it is necessary to replace the waterproofing device 11 with a long expansion / contraction part. In some cases, it is possible to make it easy to attach and detach.
In that case, the front wall 5 and the waterproofing device 11 are fixed with a hook-and-loop fastener or the like.

The invention described in claim 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and 4.

The left and right face walls 3 and 4 and the front wall 5 are coupled to the lower surface 2 so as to be rotatable, and the front wall 5 is not coupled to the upper surface 1 and the left and right face walls 3 and 4.

The left and right face walls 3 and 4 are provided with a fixed positioning tool 6 and a fixing tool 7 of the front wall 5.

The front wall 5 is provided with a fixture 8 at a location corresponding to the fixture 7 of the left and right face walls 3 and 4.

The front wall 5 hits the fixed positioning tool 6 of the left and right face walls 3, 4 and is perpendicular to the lower surface, and the front wall 5 and the left and right face walls 3, 4 are joined by the fixtures 7, 8.

  As the fixtures 7 and 8, those that can be easily coupled and detached, such as hook-and-loop fasteners and snap buttons, are used.

The lower surface 2, the left and right surface walls 3, 4 and the front wall 5 are made rigid so that they do not collapse when assembled into a box shape, and a waterproof material such as a hard plastic of synthetic resin is used.

The upper surface 1 is flexible so that it can be folded, and a waterproof material, for example, a soft plastic or a waterproof cloth of a synthetic resin is used.

In FIG. 1, the front wall 5 is turned in the direction of arrow A toward the lower surface 2, and the left wall 3 and the right wall 4 in FIG. 3 are turned in the directions of arrow B and arrow C toward the lower surface 2. Defeat. The top surfaces can be overlaid and folded as shown in FIG.

In the above description, the embodiment is described in which all the five surfaces are combined. However, even if one place is an attachment type, it is the same as claim 2 of the present invention.
In FIG. 3, the same effect as that of claim 2 of the present invention can be obtained by using a method in which the lower surface 2 and the left surface wall 3 are separated and the surface fastener E or the like is detachably fixed.

The invention described in claim 3 will be described with reference to FIGS.

The left and right face walls 3, 4 and the upper surface 1 are the same length, and the left and right face walls 3, 4, and the upper surface 1 are G dimension inside the left and right wall surfaces 3, 4, and the upper surface 1 even if the lens hood of the camera extends to the maximum Make it long enough not to go outside.
The opposite side of the lens should be made long enough to avoid getting wet with the camera body.

The bottom surface 2 is the dimension on the opposite side of the lens so that the bottom surface of the camera body can ride with a slight margin, and the left and right face walls 3 and 4 and the top surface 1 are F dimensions relative to the dimensions that allow the camera body to get wet in the rain Shorter. The lens side is manufactured to a length near the base of lens expansion / contraction.

The G dimension may be difficult to get wet in the rain, but it is determined by the distance between the left and right face walls 3 and 4 and the height of the upper face so that the left and right face walls 3 and 4 and the upper face 1 are not photographed in the field of view of the camera.

As a result, the lens hood does not get wet, and the camera body is the same as an umbrella.
Moreover, since rainwater does not accumulate on the camera mounting lower surface 2, the lower surface of the camera will not get wet.

The size of the left and right face walls 3 and 4 and the front wall 5 varies depending on the size of the operator's hand, the size of the main body camera, and the degree of expansion and contraction of the lens hood. It is recommended that a product of a size is produced and set according to the size of the operator's hand and the type of camera.

As shown in Fig. 2, the camera mounting position can be changed by drilling a plurality of holes such as the camera mounting hole 10abc on the lower surface 2 of the camera mounting surface. Contributes to reducing the type of size.

In some cases, a rain protection sheet 19 indicated by a dotted line in FIG. 1 may be attached. The rain protection sheet 19 is a curtain-like material made of waterproof vinyl or waterproof cloth. The camera is mounted on the top surface 1 and is photographed on the top surface 1 during photographing. When moving down the curtain, the camera is less likely to rain.

Taking photos on rainy days eliminates the risk of camera failure.

Eliminates the hassle of adjusting the focus, exposure, shutter speed, and pressing the shutter.

When folded, the volume is small, so it can always be carried.

1. Upper surface 2. Lower surface 3. Left wall 4. Right surface wall 5. Front wall 6. Front wall fixed position stopper 7. Fixing tool for left and right wall 8. Fixing tool for front wall 9. Cylindrical, telescopic Mounting holes for waterproofing equipment
10. Camera mounting hole 11. Tubular telescopic waterproof device (bellows)
12. Attached to the lens hood, (ring-shaped rubber)
13. Clasps for fixing the lens hood 14. Camera 16. Fixing screw for the pan head 17. Sliding surface when the lens expands and contracts 18. Lens hood 19. Rain protection sheet A. Movable direction of the front wall 5 B. Left side wall 3 direction of movement C. direction of movement of the right wall 4

Claims (3)

A space that can be operated by hand, such as focusing, exposure adjustment, shutter speed adjustment, and pressing the shutter button, is composed of at least five surfaces: upper surface, lower surface, left wall, right wall, and front wall. The bottom surface is provided with a camera mounting hole, the front wall is provided with a hole through which the lens hood of the camera can pass with a margin, and the hole is provided with a tubular and extendable waterproofing device. A camera cover for rainy weather, which has a device that can be squeezed into a cylindrical shape at the tip of the hood and is equipped with several hook-shaped fasteners that can move in conjunction with the lens hood. The left and right face walls and the front wall can be connected so as not to fall down at a position perpendicular to the lower face, and when stored, the front wall and the left and right face walls are tilted against the lower face and the upper face 2. The camera cover for rainy weather according to claim 1, wherein the volume of the camera cover is reduced by being overlapped with them. In the lens expansion / contraction direction, the upper surface is the same length as the left and right wall surfaces, the lens side is longer than the maximum length of the camera lens, and the opposite side of the lens is long enough to prevent the camera body from getting wet in the rain. The lower surface is shorter than the length of the left and right surface walls and the upper surface, the lens side is shortened to a length near the base of the lens expansion and contraction, and the camera body is shortened to a state where the camera body is on the opposite side of the lens with a slight margin. The camera cover for rainy weather according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that.

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