JPH04147237A - Camera attaching tool and accessory attaching tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily attach a box type simple camera to a video camera without a shoe base by attaching the fixing means of a camera attaching tool to the attaching member of the strap of the video camera. CONSTITUTION:The shoe base 22 is provided on the plate 12 of an accessory attaching tool 10, and a lever 16 is turnably provided on the plate 12 through a pin 14. In the case of attaching the tool 10 to the video camera 24, the hook 12A of the blade 12 is locked in the upper strap atttaching member 26 of the camera 24, the lever 16 is locked is the side part strap attaching member 28 of the camera 24, and they are respectively fixed by a specified pawl and a spring. Insertion part 40A of the camera attaching tool 40 is inserted in the shoe base 22 of the attaching tool 10, and it is fixed so as not to drop by repulsive force. The box type simple camera 42 is inserted to be fixed between the upper surface of the tool 40 and a pressing part 40B.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a camera mount and an accessory mount,
In particular, the present invention relates to a camera mount and an accessory mount for attaching a simple box-type camera onto a video camera using a strap placed at the rear of the video camera.

[Prior Art] In general, there is a desire to enjoy both videos shot with a video camera and high-resolution still images shot with a silver halide camera, so users carry a video camera and a silver halide camera, respectively. , I try to use both appropriately.

However, it is difficult to instantly switch from shooting with a video camera to shooting with a silver halide camera, or from shooting with a silver halide camera to shooting with a video camera, so you may miss a chance to shoot a t1 video or still shoot. In addition, it is not possible to simultaneously shoot video and stills while holding each camera in the hand, and furthermore, the video camera and silver halide camera are separate units, making it inconvenient to carry. There's a problem.

Therefore, a camera mount that allows a silver halide camera to be integrally attached to a video camera has been proposed and put into practical use. This camera mount is configured to fix the silver halide camera to the side of the video camera using the tripod mounting screw hole provided at the bottom of the video camera and silver halide camera. A cable release is provided so that the shutter of the salt camera can be operated with the left hand.

Therefore, by attaching the silver halide camera to the video camera using the second camera mount, you can hold the video camera with your right hand and shoot video, while cutting off the glare of the silver halide camera with your left hand if necessary. I can do it.

There is also a camera mount that allows a silver halide camera to be mounted on the top of a video camera using a conventional accessory mounting stand provided on the video camera. This camera mount consists of a leg that is attached to the camera stand, and a mounting screw that is integrally provided on the leg and that screws into the tripod mounting screw hole of the camera. ).

Problem 2 to be solved by the invention J However, the former camera mount has a large-scale structure, is heavy and expensive, and the silver halide camera that can be attached does not have a tripod at the bottom. It is limited to those with screw holes for mounting.

On the other hand, the latter camera mount is lighter and cheaper than the former, but the silver halide camera that can be mounted in the same way as the one above has a tripod mounting screw hole at the bottom. Limited. Furthermore, as video cameras have become smaller and lighter in recent years, some video cameras do not have a video stand integrated into the camera body, and the latter cannot be attached to the video camera.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to attach a silver halide camera, accessories, etc. to a video camera that does not have a knee stand, and also has a screw hole for attaching a tripod at the bottom. To provide a camera mount and an accessory mount that can attach a box-type easy-to-read camera to a video camera.

[Means to solve problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a camera mount for attaching a simple box-type camera to a video camera having a strap attachment member, which can be freely attached to and detached from the camera body using the strap attachment member. The device is characterized by comprising a fixing means fixed to the fixing means, and a camera mounting means disposed on the fixing means and holding the box-shaped simple camera by clamping or adsorbing it.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an accessory mount for attaching an accessory to a video camera having a strap attachment member, the accessory attachment being capable of being detachably attached to the camera body using the strap attachment member. The device is characterized by comprising a fixing means to be fixed, and a user stand disposed on the fixing means and to which the accessory can be attached.

[Effect]

According to the invention, the camera mount and the accessory mount are provided with a hand/knee adapter that is provided with fastening means that can be fastened to the strap mounting member.
) It can also be attached to a video camera, and the camera mount and accessory mount installed in this way can be attached to a box-type simple camera by sandwiching the box-type simple camera between the receiving part and the holding part. You can easily attach the adapter, and you can also attach desired accessories, silver halide cameras, etc. to the adapter.

[Example: Preferred embodiments of the camera mount and accessory mount according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of an accessory fixture according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the plate 12 of the accessory fixture 10 is made of plastic or the like and has a substantially rectangular shape. A hook 12A is integrally formed on this plate 12, and a hook 22 is further provided on the plate 12.

Further, a lever 16 is rotatably provided on the plate 12 via a pin 14 (see FIG. 3).

The lever 16 is bent at 90 degrees approximately in the middle, and a pair of claws 18A and 18B are provided at the lower end thereof facing each other (see FIG. 2). The pawl 18A is rotatably provided on the lever 16, and the spring 20 biases the pawl 18A in the direction of contacting the pawl 18B.

FIG. 4 shows the accessory mount 10 attached to the video camera 24. As shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the video camera 24 includes an upper strap attachment member 26 to which a strap (not shown) is attached for carrying the video camera 24 over the shoulder, and a side strap attachment member 2.
8 is provided. and hook 12 on plate 12
A is a hook 18A, 18B provided on the lever 16 that is engaged with the upper strap attachment member 26 of the video camera 24.
is engaged with a side strap attachment member 28 of the video camera 24. This allows the accessory mount 10 to be attached to the video camera 24.

In FIG. 4, 30 is a viewfinder, 32 is a battery, 34 is a cassette storage section, and 36 is a microphone.

By the way, the present applicant has developed a camera mount 40 shown in FIG.
has been applied for. This camera mount 40 is made of an elastic wire rod (φ2 diameter via/m), and has an insertion portion 40A bent multiple times into a hairpin shape and an insertion portion 64A.
It has a presser portion 40B extending substantially parallel to the insertion portion 40A at a predetermined height H from the insert portion 40A. The insertion part 40A is inserted into the shinny base 22 and has elasticity in the direction of the radius W perpendicular to the insertion direction, and the radius W of the insertion part 40A is formed to be larger than the width of the shoe base 22. has been done.

Therefore, this insert B40A can be pressed against the spring force.
By inserting the camera mount 40 into the pedestal 22, the camera mount 40 can be easily attached to the shinny pedestal 22, and is fixed so that it will not easily fall off due to the continuous force of the insertion portion 40A (see FIG. 6).

Also shown in FIG. 7 is a box-shaped simple camera 42 attached to the video camera 24 with a camera mount 40.

This box-shaped simple camera 42 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape and is a low-priced camera "Utrun desu" (product name) that has the minimum functions as a camera, and has a screw hole for mounting a tripod on the bottom of the camera. It has not been done.

In addition, 44 is a finder, 46 is a film winding knob, and 48
is a shutter button, and 49 is a photographic lens.

In this box-type simple camera 42, the receiver of the camera mount 40 shown in FIG. By fixing it, the box-shaped simple camera 42 can be attached to the video camera 24. Note that the height H (FIG. 1) of the holding part 40Bc of the camera mount 40 is slightly lower than the height of the box-type simple camera 42. Therefore, when attaching the box-type simple camera 42, the holding part 40B is The box-shaped simple camera 42 is inserted by pushing it up against the elastic force.

If the box-shaped simple camera 42 is attached upside down from the tube as shown in FIG. Button 48 can be easily operated.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, since the accessory mount IO is provided at the rear of the video camera 24, the box-shaped simple camera 4 can be attached via the accessory mount 10.
The eyepiece of the second viewfinder 44 can be placed behind the battery 32 (see FIG. 7). This has the advantage that it becomes easier to look into the finder 44 of the box-shaped simple camera 42. On the other hand, there is a problem of vignetting of the box-shaped simple camera 42 due to the tip of the video camera 24, but this can be prevented by appropriately setting the height of the shoe stand 22 of the accessory mounting tool 0. can.

There is also a camera mount that attaches a silver halide camera to the stand 22 of the accessory mount 10 using a tripod mounting hole provided at the bottom of the silver halide camera. Therefore, if you use this camera mount, you can attach a silver halide camera to the stand 22.
Can be installed on.

In the first embodiment of the accessory fixture, an elastic wire (
Although the box-shaped simple camera is held between the holding members made of φ2-sized piano wire, the present invention is not limited to this, and mounting tools such as those shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 may also be used. The mounting tool 100 of FIG. 8 rotates the knob 100A screwed onto the upper end thereof, moves the clamping plate 100B connected to the lower end of the knob 100A downward, and attaches the box-shaped component camera 40. can be installed. The fixture 102 shown in FIG. 9 has a rubber band 102A, and can hold the box-shaped simple camera 42 with the rubber band 102A. Fixture 104 in Figure 1O
has a suction cup], 04A, 104A, and a suction cup 104A
, 104A can attract the box-shaped simple camera 42.

Note that accessories other than a stereo microphone can be attached to the knee stand 22.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the accessory fixture according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the seven-way fitting 50 has a substantially U-shaped mounting frame 52. Mounting frame 5
A hook 52A is integrally formed at the upper end of 2, and a claw 54 is provided at the lower end. As shown in FIG. 12, this pawl 54 is provided in a groove 52 at the lower end and is biased upwardly by a compression spring 56.

When attaching the accessory configured in this way to the video camera 60, first attach the hook 5 of the attachment frame 52.
2. To the upper strap attachment member 6 of the video camera 60
2, then the claw 54 is brought into contact with the lower strap attachment member 64, and the mounting frame 52 is further pushed in.
The lower strap attachment member 64 moves downward against the biasing force of the compression spring 56. From this state, the mounting frame 52
When pushed in, D is inserted into the opening of the lower strap attachment member 64.
-) is positioned, and the pawl 54 rises under the biasing force of the compression spring 56 and fits into the opening of the lower strap attachment member 64. Accordingly, the mounting frame 52 locks onto the upper strap mounting member 62 and the lower strap mounting member 64, and the accessory mounting tool 50 can be attached to the video camera 60.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a third embodiment of the accessory fixture according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, a screw stand 80 is fixed to the support member 72 of the accessory fixture 70, and a locking member 76 is rotatably provided via a pin 74. One end of a spring 78 attached to the bottle 74 is in contact with the locking member 76 . In addition to spring 78 @
Is the finger rest part of the support member 72? It is in contact with 2A. Therefore, the locking member 76 is urged counterclockwise by the spring 78.

When the accessory mount 70 configured as described above is attached to the video camera 24, first the finger hook 7 of the support member 72 is attached.
2A and the locking member 76 with fingers, the locking member 76 is rotated clockwise against the biasing force of the spring 78. This increases the distance between the claws 72B and 76A of the support member 72, and the claws 72B and 76A are connected to the video camera 24.
over the upper strap attachment member 26 of. In this state, the section 72. When the pressing force of the finger against the locking member 6 is released, the gap between the claw 72 and the claw 6A becomes narrower due to the biasing force of the spring 8, and the claw 72B, the claw 76, and the upper strap attachment member It locks into the opening of 26. Accordingly, accessory mount 70 is attached to video camera 24 (see FIG. 14).

In addition, 82 in FIGS. 13 and 14 is a strut mounting member. By providing the strap attachment member 82 on the accessory attachment 70 in this way, even if the accessory attachment 70 is attached to the video camera 24 using the upper strap attachment member 26 of the video camera 24, it can be carried using the strap attachment member 82. A strap can be attached to the video camera 24.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of the camera mount according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, a claw 54 is provided on the support base 92 of the camera mount 90. The claw 54 is the eighth
It is made of the same -S material as the pawl shown in FIGS. Also, the support stand 92
A presser member 94 is erected on.

This holding member 94 is made of an elastic wire rod (φ2 city piano wire), and a pair of supports extending in parallel are connected to the portion 94.
A, 94A, leg portions 94B, 94B whose receivers are bent substantially orthogonally to the portions 94A, 94A, and leg portions 94B, 9.
The holding portion g4 is bent substantially perpendicularly to the holding portion g4.

The holding portion 94C is at a predetermined height H from the receiving portions 94A, 94A.
They are separated.

FIG. 16 shows the camera mount 90 attached to the upper strap attachment member 26 of the video camera 24. As shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the claw 54 is engaged with the upper strap attachment member 26, and the camera attachment 90 is attached to the video camera 24.

Note that the camera mount shown in Fig. 15 uses an elastic wire (φ
Although it was decided to attach the box-shaped simple camera with the holding member 94 made of (2 mm piano wire), the present invention is not limited to this.
The fixtures shown in FIGS. 8-9 may be provided on the support base 92.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the camera mount and accessory mount according to the present invention, the fixing means of the camera mount and the accessory mount can be attached to the attachment member of the strap of the video camera, and furthermore, the camera attachment means can be attached to the attachment member of the strap of the video camera. Since the box-type simple camera not provided with a tripod mounting screw hole at the bottom can be held, the box-type simple camera can be easily attached to a video camera not provided with a adapter.

In addition, since this camera mount clamps and fixes the box-type simple camera, it has a high degree of freedom in mounting the box-type simple camera, and can be used with various box-type simple cameras with different photographic lens and viewfinder positions. Furthermore, a box-shaped simple camera can be attached so that the shutter button and the like can be easily operated.

Furthermore, according to the accessory mounting tool of the present invention, the shoe stand can be attached to the strap attachment member even for a video camera that is not provided with a shoe stand. I can do it forcefully.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of the accessory mount according to the present invention, Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged views of the main parts thereof, and Fig. 4 shows the accessory of Fig. 1 attached to the strap of a video camera. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the state in which the box-type simple camera is attached to the camera mount, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the state in which the mount is attached to the accessory mount of the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a box-shaped simple camera attached to the camera mount shown in FIG. 6, and FIGS. 8 to 10 show other embodiments of the camera mount. FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the accessory mounting device according to the present invention, FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along line A-A in FIG. 11, and FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing the accessory mounting according to the present invention. FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing the accessory mount shown in FIG. 13 attached to the strap of a video camera; FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing the third embodiment of the camera mount according to the present invention. FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing the embodiment, and FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing the camera mount shown in FIG. 15 attached to the strap of a video camera. 10.50.70...Accessory fitting, 12A, 52
A...Hook, 16...Lever, 18A, 18B
, 54.72B, 76A...claw, 22.58.80.
...Shoe stand, 26.28.62.64...Strap attachment member, 4
0.90...Camera mounting fixture, 42...Box type trade camera, 52...Mounting frame, 7
0.102... Holding means, 92... Support stand, 94
... Pressing member, 94A ... Receiving part, 9
4C... Presser part, 100.102.104... Mounting tool.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A camera mount for attaching a box-type simple camera to a video camera having a strap attachment, comprising a fixing means that is detachably fixed to the camera body using the strap attachment; A camera mounting device comprising: a camera mounting device that is disposed on the fixing device and holds the box-shaped simple camera by holding it therein. (2) An accessory mount for attaching an accessory to a video camera having a strap attachment member, the fixing means being removably fixed to the camera body using the strap attachment member; and the fixing means An accessory mounting tool comprising: a shoe stand arranged on the shoe stand to which the accessory can be attached.