JPH0749529A - Stand for close-up photographing for camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a stand for close-up photographing to be easily carried and to easily execute close-up photographing regardless of the position of an object. CONSTITUTION:The stand for close-up photographing 10 is constituted by fixing four leg parts 72 to the corner parts of a camera placing frame 70 and fixing a bottom surface plate 74 to the tip parts of the respective leg parts 72. Catches 78 are engaged with stepped parts 15 formed on both sides of an externally fitted stroboscope 14. The plate 74 is formed of a transparent material and provided with a photographing frame 82 showing the photographing range of the object. When the close-up photographing is executed by using the stand 10, the stand 10 and the camera 12 are integrated by pushing the camera 12 in an opening part 76 and engaging the catches 78 with the stepped parts 15 of the stroboscope 14. Then, the camera 12 is moved to a place where the close-up photographing is executed together with the stand 10 and the close-up photographing is executed by making the frame 82 abut on the object.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a close-up stand for a camera, and more particularly to a close-up stand to which an instant camera is attached.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a close-up stand for a camera of this type, there is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-112144. As shown in FIG. 8, the close-up stand of this camera is used by inserting the camera 3 into the camera mounting portion opened by opening the upper lid 2 of the stand main body 1 with the taking lens facing downward. The stand body 1 is usually placed on the base 4 for use, and the photographing frame 5 formed on the upper surface of the base 4 is used.
Place small objects such as jewels and coins inside, and take close-up pictures of those objects.

A door 6 is attached to the side surface of the stand body 1 so as to be openable and closable. By opening the door 6, a subject can be taken in and out of the photographing frame 5, and the photographing range of the subject can be confirmed.

[0004]

However, since the conventional close-up stand for a camera is a stationary type in which the camera is mounted on the upper part, there is a drawback that it is inconvenient to carry it to a place where close-up photography is desired. Further, in a conventional close-up stand of a camera, for example, when taking a close-up of a part of a subject placed in a document, if the document is larger than the photographing frame 5, the subject part must be cut out from the document. However, there is a drawback that it takes time to shoot.

Further, in the case of taking a close-up of an object on a wall surface, the stand body 1 may fall off the camera 3, so that the close-up must be performed with both the stand body 1 and the camera 3 supported. Therefore, there is a drawback that the close-up cannot be easily taken. Further, in the conventional close-up stand of the camera, it is necessary to confirm the position of the subject by opening the door 6, which is disadvantageous in that it takes a lot of time and effort for photographing.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a close-up stand for a camera, which is convenient to carry and can easily perform close-up regardless of the position of a subject.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a camera mounting portion is formed on an upper portion of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped stand body, and a photographing frame is formed on a bottom portion of the stand body. In the close-up stand of the camera, in which the bottom plate is attached, and the camera mounted on the camera mounting part captures an object in the photographing frame of the bottom plate, the camera mounting part is equipped with a camera. It is characterized in that a locking member which is detachably locked is provided.

[0008]

According to the close-up stand for a camera of the present invention, when the camera is pushed into the camera mounting portion, the locking member locks the camera to connect and integrate the camera. Then, the camera is moved to a position for close-up photography, and the photographing frame formed on the bottom plate is brought into contact with the subject to perform close-up photography. As a result, the close-up stand of the camera of the present invention is connected to the camera and is integrated, so that the close-up stand can be easily carried with the camera to a place where close-up photography is desired, and a subject on a wall surface can be photographed. Also in this case, since only the camera needs to be supported, close-up photography can be easily performed regardless of the position of the subject.

Further, if an opening is formed on the side surface of the close-up stand of the camera and the bottom plate is made of a transparent member, the position of the subject can be confirmed from the outside, so that close-up can be smoothly performed. Further, the locking member may be integrated with the camera by connecting to an external strobe of the camera. This enables close-up photography using an external strobe.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, the diffusion plate is mounted on the camera mounting portion at a position corresponding to the external strobe. As a result, in the present invention, the diffuser plate can be attached more easily and with less effort than when it is attached to the external strobe side. Further, the dome type diffusion member is arranged on the bottom plate of the stand body, and strobe light is scattered by the dome type diffusion member so that the entire subject is photographed through the photographing opening of the dome type diffusion member. Therefore, in the present invention,
Even a subject having a metallic glossy surface will not be photographed by taking a strobe light, and it will be possible to prevent the subject from becoming black due to light reflecting and escaping, so that it is possible to take a good photograph.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of a close-up stand for a camera according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment in which a camera 12 is connected to a close-up stand 10 of a camera according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the camera 12, and FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state connected.

As shown in FIG. 1, a front stand portion of the camera 12 is connected to a close-up stand 10 described later through an external strobe 14. The camera 12 shown in this embodiment is
AF-MACRO (autofocus-macro) mode and M-MACRO (manual-macro) in an autofocus instant camera having a macro mechanism with a focal length set in the range of 0.3 m to ∞ (infinity).
A single-lens reflex instant camera that can switch between modes and is adapted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the external strobe 14 has a main body 16 formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and a photographing lens of the instant camera 12 via a hinge 18 fixed to a left end portion of the main body 16. Around 20 is attached rotatably as indicated by arrow A in the figure. A rectangular opening 22 is formed in the center of the external strobe body 16, and a focus ring 24 of the taking lens 20 is arranged in the opening 22. In addition, strobe light emitting parts 26, 26 are disposed on both sides of the opening 22. The strobe light emitting parts 26, 26 are arranged toward the inside by a predetermined angle, and power is supplied from the power supply part 30 via a cord 32 by turning on a main switch (not shown) attached to the side surface of the power supply part 30. It is like this. The power supply unit 30 is detachably attached to the bottom surface of the instant camera 12, and has an external flash unit 14.
Is attached to the instant camera 12 when used.

The external strobe body 16 has a built-in strobe light control light receiving portion 34. The strobe light control light receiving portion 34 is provided above the opening portion 22 so as to easily receive the subject reflected light from the strobe light emitting portions 26, 26. Also, light and shade control lever 3
6 and an F value switching lever 38 are provided on the upper surface portion 16A of the external strobe body 16 respectively.

The polarization filter main body 39 is detachably fixed to the external strobe main body 16 by an engaging claw 42 formed on the right edge of the frame 40. Polarization (PL) filters 44, 44 are fixed to both sides of the frame 40. These PL filters 44, 44 are located in front of the strobe light emitting parts 26, 26 when the polarization filter body 39 is fixed to the external strobe body 16. A PL filter 46 is fixed to the center of the frame 40. This PL filter 46 is an instant camera 10.
Is located in front of the taking lens 20 of
A filter that is 90 ° out of phase with the filter 44 is used.

A light receiving window 48 is formed on the frame 40. A filter 50 is fixed to the light receiving window 48, and the filter 50 is a polarization filter main body 39.
When it is fixed to the external strobe body 16, it is located in front of the strobe light control light receiving portion 34. The filter 50 is
When the strobe light emitting parts 26, 26 are made to emit light, the strobe light control light receiving part 34 has an appropriate light amount.

The frame 40 has a pair of opening windows 5
2, 54 are formed. The opening window 52 is formed at a position corresponding to the AF light receiving window 56 on the instant camera 12 side, and the opening window 54 is formed at a position corresponding to the AF light projecting window 58. On the other hand, a flash light emitting unit 60 is built in the upper portion of the body of the instant camera 12. A finder 61 is provided on the right rear side of the body, a camera grip 62 is provided on the left side of the body, and a shutter release button 64 is provided near the camera grip 62. The outlet 66 of the instant film is formed on the upper surface of the body.
Further, the close-up lens 68 shown in FIG. 3 is attached to the focus ring 24 of the instant camera 12 at the time of close-up photography.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the close-up stand 10 has four legs 72 and 7 which form the stand body.
2 is provided. In the upper part of these leg parts 72, 72 ...
A camera mounting frame 70 formed in a rectangular shape is fixed, and a bottom plate 7 formed in a rectangular shape is formed below the legs 72, 72 ...
4 is fixed. Further, the height H of the close-up stand 10 is formed to be substantially equal to the focal length set at the close-up of the instant camera 12.

The camera mount frame 70 includes a photographing lens 2
An opening 76 is formed in which 0 is located with the external strobe 14. The locking claws 7 are provided on both sides of the opening 76.
8, 78 are biased inside the opening 76.
The locking claws 78, 78 engage with the stepped portions 15, 15 formed on both sides of the external strobe 14 pushed into the opening 76, as shown by the thick arrow in FIG. This allows
An instant camera 12 is connected to the close-up stand 10.

Further, the prism 8 is mounted on the camera mounting frame 70.
0 is attached. The prism 80 is provided at a position corresponding to the strobe light control light-receiving unit 34 of the external strobe 14, and can refract the subject light reflected by the strobe light toward the strobe light control light-receiving unit 34.
Therefore, even at the time of close-up photography, the appropriate amount of light is received by the strobe light control light receiving unit 34.

The bottom plate 74 is formed of a transparent member, and a photographing frame 82 showing the photographing range of the subject is opened on the surface facing the photographing lens 20. This frame 82
Is opened slightly larger than the shooting surface of the instant film. Next, a procedure for performing close-up using the close-up stand 10 of the camera configured as described above will be described.

First, before performing close-up photography, the photographing mode of the instant camera 12 is changed from AF-MACRO mode to M-.
After switching to the MACRO mode and attaching the close-up lens 68 to the focus ring 24, the focus ring 24 is rotated to set the focal length to 0.3.
Set to m. Next, when the instant camera 12 is pushed into the opening 76 of the close-up stand 10, the locking claw 78,
78 engages the stepped portions 15, 15 of the external strobe 14. As a result, the close-up stand 10 is connected to and integrated with the instant camera 12.

When performing close-up photography, the instant camera 12 is moved together with the close-up stand 10 to a location for close-up photography, and the photographing frame 82 is brought into contact with the subject for close-up photography. As a result, the subject can be photographed in a substantially real size. Therefore, since the close-up stand 10 of this embodiment is integrated with the instant camera 12, it can be easily carried with the instant camera 12 to a place where close-up photography is desired. Further, even in the case of taking a close-up of a subject on a wall surface, since it is sufficient to support only the instant camera 12, it is possible to easily take a close-up regardless of the position of the subject.

Further, the close-up stand 10 of this embodiment is
Since the position of the subject can be confirmed from the outside through the side openings 84, 84 between the legs 72, 72 and the transparent bottom plate 74, the close-up can be smoothly performed as compared with the conventional close-up stand. . In this embodiment, the close-up stand 10 is used.
Although the external strobe 14 is connected to the above, the present invention is not limited to this, and the camera 12 may be directly connected.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an application example of a close-up stand of a camera according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
The same or similar members as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 3 are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.
The height h of the close-up stand 100 of the camera of the present embodiment is set lower than the height H of the close-up stand 10 shown in the first embodiment, and the subject is photographed at a size 1.6 times larger. The prism 80 has a refractive index corresponding to the photographing magnification.

Further, the diffusion plate 102 formed in a rectangular shape,
Reference numeral 102 denotes the flash light emitting portions 26, 2 of the camera mounting frame 70.
It is arranged at a position corresponding to 6. The diffusion plate 102 is
The tapered surface 104 formed inside the locking claws 78,
The taper surface 104 is supported on 104, and is formed at an angle so as not to contact the strobe light emitting portions 26, 26 when the external strobe 10 is attached to the close-up stand 100. In addition, pins 106 are planted in substantially the center of the tapered surface 104, and the diffusion plate 10 is attached to the pins 106.
The diffuser plate 102 is detachably attached to the camera mounting frame 70 by fitting the holes 108 formed at both ends of the diffuser plate 102.

The diffusion plates 102, 102 are mounted on the camera mount frame 70 when photographing a subject of a glossy object. As a result, the strobe light is diffused by the diffusion plates 102, 102, so that the subject of a glossy object can be photographed satisfactorily. Further, in this embodiment, since the diffuser plate 102 is mounted on the camera mounting frame 70 side, it can be easily mounted with less labor than when the diffuser plate 102 is mounted on the external strobe 14 side.

On the other hand, the close-up stand 100 may be used together with the close-up sample stand 110 shown in FIG. The sample table 110 is provided with an elevator unit 114 that is moved up and down by turning a dial 112. A seat 116 is placed on the elevator unit 114, a subject is placed on the seat 116, and then the close-up stand 100 is placed. The bottom plate 74 of the
The object is photographed by bringing it into contact with 18. At this time, if the subject is out of focus, the elevator unit 114 may be moved up and down to move the subject up and down for adjustment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an application example of a close-up stand of a camera according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
The same or similar members as those in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 5 are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.
The close-up stand 120 of the camera of this embodiment has a bottom plate 74 so that the dome-shaped diffusion member 122 covers the photographing frame 82.
It is attached to and configured. As shown in FIG. 7, the diffusing member 122 has the claws 124, 124 formed on both sides of the diffusing member 122 locked in the holes 126, 126 formed at both edges of the bottom plate 74. It is detachably attached. Further, an imaging opening 128 is formed on the diffusion member 122. The photographing opening 128 is
It is formed at a position facing the taking lens 20 of the camera 12 shown in FIG. 2, and the subject in the photographing frame 80 is photographed through this photographing opening 128.

Next, the operation of the close-up stand 120 will be described. When a subject having a curved metallic glossy surface such as a spoon is photographed using the close-up stand 10 described in the first embodiment, the specularly reflected portion of the strobe light irradiated on the glossy surface is photographed as white. , The part of the escaped light that is not specularly reflected is photographed in black, so the subject cannot be photographed well.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the subject is illuminated with the stroboscopic light scattered by the diffusion member 122, so that the entire subject is illuminated. As a result, in this embodiment, even a subject having a curved metallic glossy surface can be made to illuminate the entire subject, and therefore a strobe is not photographed and the subject is black because light reflects and escapes. Since it is possible to prevent the occurrence of, it is possible to take a good picture.

Although the close-up stand applied to the instant camera 10 has been described in the first to third embodiments, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can be applied to cameras of other photographing methods. .

[0033]

As described above, according to the close-up stand of the camera of the present invention, the locking member provided on the camera mounting portion is connected to and integrated with the camera. Can be easily carried with
Even when photographing a subject on a wall surface, since only the camera is required to be supported, close-up photography can be easily performed regardless of the position of the subject.

When the opening is formed on the side surface and the bottom plate is made of a transparent member, the position of the subject can be confirmed from the outside, so that close-up can be smoothly performed. Further, the locking member may be integrated with the camera by connecting to an external strobe of the camera. This enables close-up photography using an external strobe.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, since the diffuser plate is mounted on the camera mounting portion at a position corresponding to the external strobe, the diffuser plate can be mounted easily and with less effort than mounting the diffuser plate on the external strobe side. be able to. Also, attach the dome type diffusion member to the bottom plate of the stand body so as to cover the shooting frame,
The dome-shaped diffusing member scatters the strobe light to illuminate the entire subject and shoots this subject through the shooting opening of the dome-shaped diffusing member. You can shoot.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a camera according to a first embodiment of the present invention with a camera attached to a close-up stand.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a camera applied to a close-up stand of the camera according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the camera is attached to the close-up stand of the camera according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the camera is attached to a close-up stand of the camera according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a close-up stand of a camera according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of a close-up stand of a camera according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a main part showing a method of attaching a dome type diffusion plate.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a close-up stand of a conventional camera.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 100, 120 ... Close-up stand 12 ... Instant camera 14 ... External strobe 68 ... Close-up lens 70 ... Camera mounting frame 72 ... Leg 74 ... Bottom plate 78 ... Locking claw 82 ... Shooting frame 102 ... Diffusion plate 122 ... Dome type diffusion member

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A camera mounting portion is formed on an upper portion of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped-shaped stand body, and a bottom plate having a photographing frame is attached to a bottom portion of the stand body, and is mounted on the camera mounting portion. In a close-up stand of a camera for photographing a subject in a photographing frame of the bottom plate with the camera, the camera mounting portion is provided with a locking member for detachably locking the camera. This is a close-up stand for the camera. 2. The close-up stand for a camera according to claim 1, wherein the stand main body has an opening formed in a side surface thereof, and the bottom plate is made of a transparent member. 3. The locking member provided on the camera mounting portion is detachably locked to an external strobe attached around the photographing lens of the camera. A close-up stand for the listed cameras. 4. A diffuser plate for diffusing strobe light of the external strobe is detachably attached to a position corresponding to the external strobe on the camera mount. Camera close-up stand. 5. The bottom plate of the stand body has a photographing opening formed in an upper portion thereof and a dome-shaped diffusing member for accommodating a subject therein. Camera stand for close-up photography.