JPH0756224A - Camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a camera capable of taking a sharp photograph without camera-shaking, etc., even when the camera is operated with only one hand by holding the camera in such a manner that a camera main body is held up rightly and the palm put on the front surface of the camera is made to face it, so as to hold the camera main body with a thumb and the other fingers and operating a releasing operation part with the suitable fingers of the hand. CONSTITUTION:A finder is disposed on the upper part of an upright camera main body 2 and a photographic lens 6 is disposed on the lower side of the finder. An electric flash light emitting window 4a and a range-finding window 5a are arranged on the sides of the finder window 3a of the finder, respectively. A release button 7 is arranged on a part where the tip of the forefinger 1b of the hand holding the camera main body 2 is placed on its side surface and the circumference of the release button 7 is recessed to obtain a state where the head part of the release button 7 is embedded to be lower than the side surface of the camera main body 2. A film is loaded in the cartridge and a spool disposed in the lower side of the photographic lens 6 via a sprocket disposed in the upper side of the photographic lens 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vertical camera which can be held securely with one hand and which can be pressed while pressing a release button while holding with one hand.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A camera using a 135 film, a so-called 35 mm roll film, and a so-called compact camera is widely used so that users can easily enjoy photographing.
This type of compact camera is equipped with functions such as an auto-exposure device, auto-focus device, and automatic film feeding device. By pressing the release button, you can give a reliable exposure to obtain clear and focused photos. But now I can take a picture.

In a conventional compact camera of this type, a photographing lens is arranged in the center of the front surface of a horizontal camera body, a release button is arranged on the right side of the upper surface, the camera body is held by both hands, and the release button is depressed with the right index finger. It has a structure.

[0004]

However, this type of compact camera is desired to have good portability as well as portability, and for example, when taking a picture while carrying a luggage such as a travel bag in one hand. Since the user has to put a baggage and hold the camera with both hands to take a picture, the quick-shooting property is deteriorated. Moreover, when the sidewalk is muddy due to after rain, etc., the place where the luggage is put is searched for, which further impairs the quick-shooting property.

In such a situation, even a conventional compact camera can hold the camera with one hand and operate a release button, but a conventional horizontal camera can stabilize the camera with one hand. If it is difficult and unfamiliar, it will be blurred. In particular, when the camera is downsized, the portion for holding the camera becomes small and thin, so that the stability is further impaired when the camera is held by one hand. Also, there is a risk of accidental bumping and dropping if an external force is applied.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a camera that can be held in a stable state with one hand and that can be released while being held with one hand.

[0007]

As a technical means for achieving the above object, a camera according to the present invention is provided with a viewfinder in the upper front part of a vertically long camera body, and a taking lens under the viewfinder. On the side surface of the camera body, with the palm facing the lower front side of the camera body, hold the camera body with one hand and place the release operation part at the position where the finger is placed, and the camera body with one hand It is characterized in that the taking lens is not covered in the state of holding.

A cartridge is loaded in the lower part inside the camera body, and a spool is arranged between the cartridge and the photographing optical system to support a sprocket above the photographing optical system. The film pulled out from the cartridge is wound on the sprocket and wound on the spool. By exposing the film through the aperture on the way from the sprocket to the spool and positioning the frame of the film on the optical axis of the photographing optical system, the film can be exposed by the photographing lens.

In order to obtain a horizontally long print, it is desirable to use a 35 mm size roll film in a half size in order to run the film vertically with respect to the camera body.

[0010]

When photographing, the palm of one hand is made to face the front lower part of the camera, and the camera is held by the thumb and other fingers. In this state, the taking lens is exposed without being covered by the hand. Further, with the camera held, one of the fingers, for example, the forefinger touches a release operation unit such as a release button on the side surface. Then, looking into the viewfinder, capturing the subject and operating the release operation unit, the image is released and photographed.

When the auto focus device is provided, the photographic lens is focused on the subject by capturing the subject with the viewfinder, and when the auto exposure device is provided, the subject brightness is captured to determine the exposure. It Further, if a strobe device is built in and low-luminance automatic light emission is performed, stroboscopic photography is automatically performed when the subject luminance is low. In addition, if equipped with a film feeding device,
The film is automatically fed and the next frame is set in the aperture.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A camera according to the present invention will be specifically described below based on the illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing the external appearance of the camera, showing a state of a hand 1 holding the camera body 2 by an imaginary line. As shown in the figure, the camera body 2 has a vertically long shape, and the finder window 3a of the finder is provided at the upper end.
The strobe light emitting window 4a is arranged on the right side and the distance measuring window 5a is arranged on the left side with the finder window 3a interposed therebetween. A taking lens 6 is arranged below the finder window 3a. The taking lens 6 is preferably a so-called collapsible type which is buried in the camera body 2 when the camera is not used for photographing.

Then, as shown in phantom in FIG. 1, when the camera body 2 is held by the hand 1, the hand 1 (the right hand in this embodiment) is turned to the lower front portion of the camera body 2 and the thumb is used.
The camera body 2 is held by 1a and the other fingers. In this state, the release button 7, which is the release operation unit, is located at the position where the fingertip of the index finger 1b is placed. That is, the release button 7 is arranged on the side surface of the camera body 2. When the camera body 2 is held with the left hand, the release button 7 is located at the position where the fingertip of the thumb is placed. Further, it is preferable that the periphery of the release button 7 is appropriately recessed so that the head of the release button 7 is appropriately buried more than the side surface of the camera body 2.

A grip portion 2a covered with rubber, synthetic resin or the like is attached to the lower half of the camera body 2, and the front center portion of the grip portion 2a is cut out. A lens cover 8 is attached to the cutout portion so as to be slidable in the vertical direction. When the lens cover 8 is moved upward, the lens cover 8 is photographed as shown in FIG. Lens 6 and viewfinder window 3a
Is covered, and the photographing lens 6 is exposed and can be used for photographing while being moved downward.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a preferred example of the internal structure of this camera. The taking lens 6 is incorporated in the shutter unit 11, and the operation of the shutter unit 11 performs the focusing operation and the release of the taking lens 6. At the bottom of the camera body 2, a cartridge 12 is housed and loaded in a cartridge chamber. A spool 13 is supported between the cartridge 12 and the shutter unit 11, and the shafts of the cartridge 12 and the spool 13 are connected to a film feeding mechanism portion 14 arranged laterally so as to be driven. is there.

A sprocket 15 is supported behind the photographing lens 6 and above the optical axis S so as to be rotatable about a direction orthogonal to a vertical plane including the optical axis. Also,
A film pressure plate 16 is provided behind the photographic lens 6 and below the sprocket 15, and an aperture (not shown) is formed in front of the film pressure plate 16. Roll film drawn from the above Patrone 12
The film 17 is wound around the sprocket 15 with the perforations 17a of the roll film 17 being engaged,
Of the optical axis S after passing behind the film pressure plate 16
Spool 13 is wound up across. And the optical axis S
The part that crosses is set to the aperture and becomes the frame 17b to which exposure is applied. That is, both the cartridge 12 and the spool 13 are arranged on one side with respect to the aperture, and the spool is sandwiched with the aperture interposed therebetween.
The sprocket 15 is arranged on the opposite side of the structure 13.

An objective lens 18 is provided above the taking lens 6.
A reverse Galilean finder 18 including a and an eyepiece lens 18b is provided. Further, distance measuring means 19 for capturing the position of the subject is provided for the autofocus function at a position on the side of the finder 18 and facing the distance measuring window 5a. A light emitting portion 20a of the strobe device is provided at a position opposite to the distance measuring means 19 with the finder 18 interposed therebetween and facing the strobe light emitting window 4a. This light emitting part 20a
The strobe control circuit 20b is installed in the rear of the
The strobe control circuit 20b is located below the cartridge chamber that houses the
The respective main capacitors 20c are provided.

Further, above the film feeding mechanism portion 14, an automatic exposure and film feeding control circuit 21 is arranged. The strobe device has a low-brightness automatic light emission so that the stroboscopic photography is performed when the subject brightness is low by the control circuit 21.

A battery 22 for power supply is arranged behind the main capacitor 20c.

That is, the cartridge 12, the spool 13, the film feeding mechanism 14, the main condenser 20c, the battery 22 and the like are arranged below the taking lens 6, and the center of gravity of the camera is at the bottom of the camera body 2. Therefore, the camera is stable when held with one hand.

The operation of the camera according to the present invention constructed as above will be described below.

When this camera is not used for photographing, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the lens cover 8 is moved upward to cover the retracted taking lens 6 and the viewfinder window 3a which is a protective glass for the objective lens 18a of the viewfinder 18. Further, in this state, the release button 7 cannot be pushed.

When the camera is used for photographing, the lens cover 8 is moved downward to expose the photographing lens 6 and the finder window 3a as shown in FIG. 1, and the main switch (not shown) is operated. Turn on the camera. At this time, the photographing lens 6 is moved forward from the retracted position and is positioned at the photographing position. Figure 1 in this state
As shown in, the hand 1 is turned to the front of the camera body 2, the palm of the hand 1 is made to face the front surface of the camera body 2, and the thumb 1a placed on the side surface and the other finger are sandwiched between the camera body 2. Hold. While holding the camera body 2, the tip of the index finger 1b of the hand 1 is in contact with the release button 7 on the side surface and the hand 1 does not cover the taking lens 6. When the grip portion 2a is made of rubber or the like and the hand 1 feels the touch and is positioned on the grip portion 2a, the photographing lens 6 is prevented from being covered by the gripped hand 1. Position. Then, the subject is confirmed through the viewfinder 18, the composition is determined, and the release button 7 is pushed in with the index finger 1b, and the subject is focused and released.

When the release is completed, the film feeding mechanism 14 is operated and the film 17 is spooled for one frame.
It is wound up to 13 and the next piece 17b is set in the aperture. With this camera, film 17
Since it is fed in the vertical direction, it is used as a so-called half size.

In this embodiment, the film 17 is wound around the spool 13 each time the shutter is released.
Spool all of film 17 beforehand when loading film 17
A so-called pre-winding type structure may be used in which the frame 17b is wound around the film 13 and the photographed frame 17b is rewound onto the cartridge 12 at each release.

The case where the release button 7 is pressed with the forefinger 1b has been described. However, when the release button 7 is arranged on the side surface on the opposite side of the camera body 2 and the camera body 2 is held by the right hand. It may be operated with the thumb 1a.

[0028]

As described above, according to the camera of the present invention, the camera body is vertically held by one hand and held from the front side of the camera body, and the release operation portion is arranged on the side surface of the camera body. Therefore, the camera body can be stably held with one hand, and the release operation unit can be easily operated. For this reason,
You can surely give exposure to take clear pictures without camera shake.

Moreover, since it is possible to take a picture with one hand, it is possible to take a picture while holding the baggage in one hand while holding the camera with the other hand while carrying the baggage. , It can be a camera that does not miss a photo opportunity.

Further, since the hand is in a natural state when the camera is gripped, the release operation portion can be operated naturally, and the load applied to the finger at the time of operation can be reduced as compared with the conventional one. it can.

In addition, since the photographing lens and the finder are arranged on the upper portion of the vertically long camera body, the camera can be held more reliably and stable photographing can be performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the front of a camera according to the present invention,
The hand holding the camera for using this camera is also shown in phantom lines.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the front surface of the camera according to the present invention when it is not used.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a schematic internal structure of the camera,
It is a partially omitted perspective view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Hand 1a Thumb 1b Index finger 2 Camera body 2a Grip part 3a Viewfinder window 4a Strobe light emitting window 5a Distance measuring window 6 Shooting lens 7 Release button 8 Lens cover 11 Shutter unit 12 Patrone 13 Spool 14 Film feeding mechanism section 15 Sprocket 16 Film pressure plate 17 Roll film 17a Perforation 17b Frame 18 Finder 18a Objective lens 18b Eyepiece 19 Distance measuring means 20a Light emitting part 20b Strobe control circuit 20c Main condenser 21 Automatic exposure and film feeding control circuit 22 Battery

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A vertically long camera body is provided with a finder on the upper front surface thereof, a photographing lens is arranged below the finder, and the palm is faced to the lower side of the front side of the camera body with one hand. A camera characterized in that a release operation section is arranged at a position where a finger is arranged while holding the camera body, and the taking lens is not covered while holding the camera body with one hand.