JPH0764178A - Compact camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a camera capable of being made compact by contriving the arrangement of a member inside the camera, in a camera using the film cartridge of a system for feeding the top end part of a film. CONSTITUTION:A total reflection mirror 8 forming the angle of 45 deg. by an optical axis is fixedly provided in an optical path after the passage of a photographic lens 7, the rays of light of the photographic lens are reflected at right angle and arrangement that the spool shaft of a film cartridge and the optical axis of the photographic lens 7 are in the same direction is executed. A lens driving motor 11 is disposed on the side of the photographic lens 7, with respect to the total reflection mirror 8 and a driving motor for feeding the film 27 is disposed on the side opposite to the photographic lens 7, so that a finder part 26 is arranged on the upper part of a film winding chamber.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a miniaturized camera, more specifically, a miniaturized type in which a film leading end of a roll-shaped film stored in a cartridge is sent out of the cartridge main body by reverse rotation of a film rewinding shaft. The present invention relates to the arrangement of the internal mechanism of a small camera that uses a film cartridge.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A 135-inch film cartridge (JIS K751) has been used as a film cartridge containing a roll film having a width of 35 mm.
9-82). In this film cartridge, since the spool shaft in the cartridge body protrudes from the cartridge body, a step is formed between the film winding chamber end surface and the cartridge loading chamber end surface of the camera body using this. Therefore, in the camera using the 135-type film cartridge, the space in the camera body formed by the steps is used to make use of the film feeding mechanism, the lens driving mechanism, the distance measuring optical system for autofocus, and the built-in flash. The main capacitor etc. for use are arranged.

On the other hand, there is a camera disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 50-14502 as a device in which the arrangement of an internal mechanism for reducing the size of the camera is devised. This camera relates to a single-lens reflex camera using a 16mm film with a double patrone, a semi-transmissive reflecting mirror is fixed at an angle of 45 ° with the optical axis of the taking lens, and it also serves as a part of the taking lens and the viewfinder lens. The configuration is such that the taking lens optical system and the finder lens optical system are formed by a concave lens.

On the other hand, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-294848, a spool shaft housed in a cartridge and wound with a film is rotated reversely with respect to a film rewinding shaft provided on the camera body side, and the leading end of the film is rotated. There is disclosed a film cartridge in which a portion is sent out of the body of the cartridge. The cartridge for accommodating this 35 mm width roll film is the 135 type film cartridge (J
As described in IS K7519-82), since the tip end of the spool shaft in the cartridge body does not project from the lower surface of the cartridge, the above-mentioned step cannot be formed, and the size of the portion corresponding to the step is small. Therefore, the entire length of the cartridge body is reduced by the amount corresponding to the step.

[0005]

However, since the means disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 50-14502 uses a semi-transmissive reflecting mirror, the open F-number of the finder and the taking lens becomes dark. There is a problem that it ends up. The object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to solve the above-mentioned problems.
In a camera using a miniaturized film cartridge in which a film front end is sent out as disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 94848, when the camera is miniaturized, it is determined by the axial and radial dimensions of the cartridge. It is to provide a small camera in which the internal mechanism is arranged so that the size of the camera body can be minimized.

[0006]

In the miniature camera according to the present invention, the leading end of the film wound around the spool shaft housed in the film cartridge main body is interlocked with the rotation of the rotary shaft provided in the camera main body. Then, in a camera using a 35 mm width film with a cartridge, which is sent out from the film outlet through the film outlet, the spool axis of the film cartridge and the optical axis of the photographing lens are arranged in the same direction, and the image is taken. A total reflection mirror that makes an angle of 45 ° with the optical axis is fixed in the optical path after passing through the lens so that the light rays of the taking lens can be reflected at a right angle on the film surface. A lens driving motor is arranged on the side of the taking lens with respect to the mirror, and a film feeding driving motor is arranged on the side opposite to the taking lens. A finder portion is arranged above the film winding chamber.

[0007]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the present invention and show respective members arranged in an internal space of a camera. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the miniature camera according to the present invention has a horizontally elongated rectangular box whose overall shape is flat. As shown in the front view of FIG. 2, the height dimension is the diameter of the cartridge. The lens barrel portion 9 is formed to be slightly larger than the dimension in the direction, and is disposed near the upper front center. Then, the portion on the left side of the upper surface from the substantially central portion of the left side surface of the camera is the inclined surface 2
An arcuate projection is formed on the upper part of the lens barrel 9 which is formed by a and has the taking lens 7. A camera body 1 that forms the internal frame of this camera
1 to 5, the front half of the front cover 2
The rear half of the camera body 1 is covered with a rear cover 3, and the covers 2 and 3 are abutted at a substantially central portion in the depth direction of the camera body 1 to cover the camera body 1.

In the substantially central portion of the camera body 1, the film width direction is the long side of the photographic screen, for example, 24 mm × 1.
An 8 mm (half size) photographing opening 4 is provided, and a total reflection mirror 8 having an angle of 45 ° with the optical axis of the photographing lens is provided on the upper portion of the camera body 1 with its reflecting surface facing downward. (See Figure 4). A lens barrel portion 9 having a taking lens 7 is arranged in front of it. A film cartridge loading chamber 5 is provided at the left end of the camera, a film winding chamber 6 is provided at the right end of the camera, and a central axis in the longitudinal direction of the film taking lens 7 is provided across the photographing opening 4. They are provided in the same direction as the optical axis. Therefore, the light rays that have passed through the taking lens 7 are
The light is reflected by the total reflection mirror 8 at a right angle toward the lower side of the camera and passes through the photographing opening 4, and an image is formed on a photographing film (not shown) arranged therebelow so that it is exposed. It is configured.

The lens barrel 9 for holding the taking lens 7 has a spur gear 9a at the rear of the outer periphery of the barrel and a helicoid screw 9b at the center of the outer periphery. A helicoid frame 10 is integrally formed with the camera body 1 so as to face the helicoid screw portion 9b.
A helicoid screw portion 10a which engages with the helicoid screw portion 9b is provided on the inner peripheral portion of the helicoid frame 10.
Is provided with a fitting portion 10b and a protruding portion 10c. The fitting portion 10b and the protruding portion 10c are engaged with the fitting portion 2a of the front cover 2 and the protruding portion 2b of the front cover, respectively. In order to prevent harmful rays from affecting the film surface loaded in the camera body, the lens barrel 9
Is sealed.

A lens driving motor 11 is arranged in the same direction as the axial direction of the film cartridge at the inner front portion on the right side of the cartridge loading chamber 5, and its output shaft projects rearward of the camera body. There is. A lens driving mechanism 1 having a reduction gear train on the left side of the lens driving motor 11.
2 is arranged, and a built-in flash main capacitor 13 is arranged at the rear of the lens driving motor 11.
It is connected to a strobe circuit board 14 having a strobe circuit 15. The strobe circuit 15 is provided in the space before and after the built-in strobe main capacitor 13.

The lens driving motor 11 is adapted to rotate in response to a signal from an active type autofocus AF light receiving section 24, which will be described later. The rotational force thereof is decelerated by the lens driving mechanism 12 to drive the driving mechanism 1.
The output gear 2 is meshed with the spur gear portion 9a of the lens barrel portion 9, and the helicoid screw portions 9b, 1 of the lens barrel portion 9 are engaged with each other.
0a moves the taking lens 7 back and forth to focus.

On the other hand, on the rear side of the camera body 1 between the cartridge loading chamber 5 and the film winding chamber 6, a film feeding motor 27 is arranged along the film feeding direction. A bevel gear 27a is fixed to the output shaft thereof. A film feeding mechanism 28 is disposed in a space surrounded by the film feeding motor 27 and the rear surface of the rearmost portion of the camera body 1 and surrounded by the cartridge loading chamber 5 and the film winding chamber 6. ing. A bevel gear 28a, which is a drive gear of the film feeding mechanism 28, and a bevel gear 27a fixed to the output shaft of the film feeding motor 27 are meshed with each other, and the driving direction of the film feeding motor 27 is driven. Is converted to 90 ° and the driving force is transmitted to the film feeding mechanism 28.

Therefore, when the leading end of the roll film stored in the film cartridge (not shown) loaded in the film cartridge loading chamber 5 is fed out of the film cartridge, the driving force of the film feeding motor 27 is applied. The film rewinding fork 28b, which is transmitted to the film feeding gear 28d via the film feeding mechanism 28 and is fixed to the gear feeding gear 28d, is rotated in the direction opposite to the film rewinding direction.
The film rewinding fork 28b and a spool (not shown) in the film cartridge are engaged with each other to rotate the spool in the direction opposite to the film rewinding direction so that the film in the film cartridge is fed out. There is.

On the contrary, when the film wound on the spool shaft (not shown) in the film winding chamber 6 is rewound into the film cartridge, the film feeding motor 27 is driven. The force is transmitted to the spool drive gear 28c via the film feeding mechanism 28, and the spool shaft in the film winding chamber 6 fixed to this is rotated in the direction opposite to the film winding direction, and at the same time, By rotating the film rewinding fork 28b in the film rewinding direction, the film wound on the spool shaft in the film rewinding chamber 6 is rewound into the cartridge loaded in the film cartridge loading chamber 5. It has become.

Inside the left side of the film winding chamber 6, for example, a battery chamber 21 for accommodating a lithium single cell battery 22 is arranged coaxially with the film cartridge. The battery compartment lid 23 (see FIG. 3) is a screw provided on the front cover 2,
It is arranged so that it can be opened and closed by a bayonet mount. Further, when the camera is viewed from the front above the film winding chamber 6, that is, at the uppermost end on the right side of the film winding chamber 6, a finder portion 26 is arranged in the depth direction, and below the camera main body front side, A strobe reflector 16 having a flash discharge tube 17 is arranged in the center, and a strobe light emitting window 18 is provided on the front surface thereof. Then, next to the outer wall of the cartridge loading chamber 5 on the upper front side of the camera, the active type AF projector 19 for autofocus and the AF
The floodlight window 20 is arranged, and an active type AF for autofocusing is provided in a substantially triangular space formed by the battery chamber 21 and the outer wall of the film winding chamber 6 on the upper front side of the camera.
The light receiving section 24 and the AF light receiving window 25 are arranged respectively.

A shutter release button 30 is provided substantially in the center of the upper surface of the camera body 1, and a liquid crystal display section 31 for displaying various information such as a film frame number and a photographing mode is arranged on the right side and near the front side. To be done. Then, a relatively large space between the film winding chamber 6 and the film cartridge loading chamber 5 on the upper part of the camera body 1 is used as an electronic circuit arrangement space 29.

A film loading lid for loading the film cartridge into the film cartridge loading chamber 5 is not shown, but in FIG. 3, a drop-in type cartridge loading lid is attached to the left portion C on the front side of the camera. 2, or in FIG. 2, a hinge is provided at the right end portion D on the bottom surface side of the camera so that the entire bottom surface portion of the camera can be opened and closed so that the film cartridge can be taken in and out. As described above, the small camera of the first embodiment is laid out.

6 to 10 show a second embodiment of the present invention and show respective members arranged in the internal space of the camera. The second embodiment is an embodiment in which a fixed focus mechanism is incorporated in place of the autofocus mechanism in the small camera of the first embodiment. Therefore, the description of the same components as those of the first embodiment will be omitted because the description is duplicated, and the same reference numerals are given and only different portions will be described in detail. 6 to 10, the small camera of this embodiment is also formed into a horizontally long rectangular box body having a flat overall shape. The portion of the left side surface of the camera located closer to the left side of the upper surface is formed by a gentle slope 2a, and the inclined surface 2b is added to the portion of the right side surface located closer to the right side of the upper surface. In addition, the arcuate projection on the upper part of the taking lens is also formed small, and the shape of the camera in this embodiment is further miniaturized as compared with the first embodiment described above.

In the second embodiment, the focusing system is the fixed focus system as described above, and the taking lens 7A is set to the hyperfocal length. The photographing lens 7A is held by a lens barrel 9A, and is fixed by a mounting screw 10Aa of a fixed frame 10A integrally formed with the camera body 1. Further, since this camera is of fixed focus type, the lens drive motor, the lens drive mechanism, the AF light projecting section and the AF light projecting window for the auto focus, which constitute the auto focus mechanism of the first embodiment described above, and In addition to removing the components such as the AF light receiving part and AF light receiving window,
A similar configuration is formed. The above is the layout of the small camera of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 11 to 15 show a third embodiment of the present invention, showing respective members arranged in the internal space of the camera. In the third embodiment as well, the description of the same components as those in the first embodiment will be omitted and will not be repeated. The same reference numerals will be given and only different parts will be described in detail. 11 to 15, the small camera of the third embodiment is also formed of a horizontally long rectangular box body having a flat shape as a whole. The main body 1A of the camera, which forms the inner frame of this camera, has a front cover 2A at its front half.
Then, the latter half is covered with the rear cover 3A,
Both covers 2A and 3A are abutted at a substantially central portion in the depth direction of the camera body 1A to cover the camera body 1A.

In the substantially central portion of the camera body 1A, the film width direction is the long side of the photographing screen, for example, 24 mm ×
An 18 mm (half size) photographing opening 4A is provided, and a total reflection mirror 8A having an angle of 45 ° with the optical axis of the photographing lens is provided in the lower portion of the camera main body 1A with its reflecting surface facing upward. (See FIG. 14), and a lens barrel portion 9 having a taking lens 7 is arranged in front of it. Further, a film cartridge loading chamber 5A is arranged above the right end of the camera, and a film winding chamber 6A is arranged on the upper left side with the photographing opening 4A sandwiched between the photographing lens 7 and its longitudinal axis. In the same direction as the optical axis of
Each is provided. Therefore, the light ray that has passed through the taking lens 7 is reflected upward by the total reflection mirror 8A at a right angle, passes through the taking opening 4A, and is placed on the taking film (not shown) arranged above the taking film opening 4A. Is exposed to light. In the third embodiment, the film cartridge loading chamber 5A is arranged on the right side of the photographing opening 4A and the film winding chamber 6A is arranged on the left side of the photographing opening 4A. The same applies even if the film winding chamber is arranged on the right side of the opening 4A and the film cartridge chamber is arranged on the left side of the opening 4A.

The lens barrel 9 for holding the taking lens 7 is arranged substantially below the center of the front surface of the camera by the same structure as that of the first embodiment. Further, the lens driving motor 11A is on the left side of the photographing opening 4A,
In the space sandwiched by the outer wall of the film winding chamber 6A, the film cartridge is arranged in the same direction as the axial direction of the film cartridge, and its output shaft is arranged toward the front side of the camera body 1A. A lens drive mechanism 12A having a reduction gear train is arranged in front of the lens drive motor 11A,
The driving force of the lens driving motor 11A is decelerated by the lens driving mechanism 12A and is transmitted to the spur gear portion 9a provided on the outer peripheral portion of the lens barrel portion 9. And
The spur gear portion 9a and the gear portion of the lens driving mechanism 12A mesh with each other and rotate, so that the lens 7 is moved back and forth to focus.

On the rear side of the camera body 1A, the above-mentioned first
A film feeding motor 27, a bevel gear 27a fixed to its output shaft, a film feeding mechanism 28, and a bevel gear 28a which is a drive gear thereof are arranged in exactly the same manner as in the embodiment.

A built-in flash main capacitor 13A is arranged on the front side of the left end of the camera, and a battery chamber 21A accommodating, for example, a lithium single cell battery 22 is coaxial with the film cartridge on the rear side thereof. The battery compartment cover 23A (see FIG. 13) is arranged so as to be opened and closed by a screw provided on the rear cover 3A, a bayonet mount, or the like. A finder section 26A is arranged in the depth direction above the built-in strobe main capacitor 13A and the battery chamber 21A, and a strobe circuit 15A is provided in a space sandwiched between the film winding chamber 6A and the outer wall. The circuit board 14A is arranged, and on the front surface of the camera body located in front of it,
Strobe reflector 16A having a flash discharge tube 17A in the center
Is provided, and a stroboscopic light emission window 18A is provided on the front surface thereof. Then, an active type AF projector 19 for autofocus and an AF projector window 20 are provided on the upper front side of the camera body adjacent to the left side of the outer wall of the film winding chamber 6A.
Further, the active type AF light receiving portion 24A for auto-focus and the AF
The light receiving windows 25A are arranged respectively.

A shutter release button 30A is arranged on the rear left side of the upper surface of the camera body 1A, and a liquid crystal display for displaying various information such as a film frame number and a photographing mode on the upper surface of the camera near the shutter release button 30A. The part 31A is arranged. The lower portion of the film cartridge loading chamber 5A and the film winding chamber 6
The relatively wide spaces below A are used as electronic circuit placement spaces 29Aa and 29Ab, respectively. Further, a tripod mounting screw 32 is arranged at a lower bottom portion of the film winding chamber 6A and substantially at a central portion in the front-rear direction of the camera body 1A.

Also in the third embodiment, the film loading lid for loading the film cartridge in the cartridge loading chamber 5A is not shown, but in FIG. 11, a drop-in method is applied to the front side C1 portion of the camera. 12 is provided, or a hinge is provided at the D1 portion at the upper right end of the camera in FIG. 12 so that the entire upper surface of the camera can be opened and closed so that the film cartridge can be taken in and out.

According to the first to third embodiments laid out in this way, the optical axis and the optical axis 45 are formed in the optical path after passing through the taking lens.
By fixing the total reflection mirrors 8 and 8A forming an angle of ° and reflecting the light rays of the taking lenses 7 and 7A at a right angle downward or upward, a necessary back focus can be secured and the camera body can be secured. The size in the height direction can be suppressed to the minimum value of the outer size of the body of the camera determined by the size in the radial direction of the film cartridge. In addition, the total reflection mirror 8, which makes an angle of 45 ° with the optical axis,
8A as a center, the lens driving motors 11 and 11A and the lens driving mechanisms 12 and 12A are arranged on the photographing lens side (the front side of the camera), and behind the total reflection mirrors 8 and 8A (the rear side of the camera). The film feeding motor 27 and the film feeding mechanism 28 are arranged, and the finder parts 26, 2 are arranged.
By arranging 6A in the space at the left or right end of the upper part of the camera body, it is possible to minimize the external dimensions of the camera body determined by the axial and radial dimensions of the film cartridge.

In the fixed focus type small camera of the second embodiment, the lens drive motor and the lens drive mechanism are not provided because they are not necessary, and a larger internal space is secured. Therefore, the external dimensions of the camera body can be further reduced.

Further, since the entire shape of the camera is formed by a flat rectangular oblong box, the camera is held on the upper surface and the lower surface of the camera body. Therefore,
Shooting lens unit, strobe light emission unit, AF projection unit, and A
There is no need to cover the front part of the camera body on which the F light receiving section and the like are arranged with a hand. And in the first embodiment,
In the second embodiment, the left side of the camera is cut to the left side of the upper surface, and in addition to this, the right center of the right side is cut to the right side of the upper surface. Since it is an inclined surface, the feeling of holding is increased and the shape fits comfortably in the hand.

Furthermore, since the lens barrel portion 9 is arranged in the depth direction with a relatively large margin of the camera body, that is, in the same direction as the axial direction of the film cartridge, the lens barrel portion 9 does not protrude from the camera body. Therefore, since it is not necessary to retract the lens barrel portion 9 in the camera body so that the lens barrel portion 9 does not project when the camera is carried, it is possible to provide a compact camera with a simplified structure and less risk of failure.

On the other hand, in the first embodiment, since the active type auto-focusing AF light emitting section 19 and the AF light receiving section 25 are arranged in the width direction of the front surface of the camera, the base length of the AF light emitting section and the AF light receiving section is increased. This can be ensured, and the AF distance measurement accuracy can be improved.

In the third embodiment, the AF light projecting section 19 for autofocus and the AF light receiving section 25A.
Are arranged outside the film winding chamber 6A and the cartridge loading chamber 5A, so that the space can be effectively utilized, and since they are arranged diagonally, the base line length is further secured. Therefore, it is possible to further improve the AF distance measurement accuracy.

On the other hand, since the stroboscopic light emitting portion consisting of the flash discharge tubes 17 and 17A and the reflecting umbrellas 16 and 16A is arranged at a position away from the optical axis center of the photographing lenses 7 and 7A, the red-eye phenomenon at the time of stroboscopic photographing is hard to occur. effective.

In the third embodiment, the built-in flash main capacitor 13 which is a relatively heavy member.
A, strobe circuit 15A, power battery 22, finder 2
Since 6A and the like are arranged on the left side of the camera, when the camera is gripped by only the right hand, the rotation moment does not work and the camera can be made to have no weight. Further, since the built-in strobe-related members are arranged in one place, the efficiency in assembling the camera is also good. And
A tripod mounting screw 32 is arranged in a dead space below the film winding room on the bottom surface of the camera body to effectively utilize the space.

In the above-mentioned first to third embodiments,
Since the total reflection mirrors 8 and 8A forming an angle of 45 ° with the optical axis are fixedly installed in the optical path behind the taking lenses 7 and 7A and the reflection is used, the image formed on the film is left and right. Is the opposite image. Therefore, it is necessary to print the back side at the time of printing, but regarding the correspondence, the camera user (photographer) should take a picture at the time of requesting the DPE store etc. to develop the film and print the print after taking the photograph. It is necessary to be able to identify by, for example, affixing a "backing sticker" or the like prepared by the manufacturer or the like to the above-mentioned film patrone that has been photographed.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a camera using a miniaturized film cartridge in which the leading end of the film is fed out from inside the cartridge, a total reflection mirror forming an angle of 45 ° with the optical axis. By ensuring the required back focus by installing the camera, the film cartridge is placed in the same axial direction as the lens barrel, and the width and thickness of the camera body are determined by the axial and radial dimensions of the film cartridge. The members and parts inside the camera are arranged without any waste centering on the above-mentioned total reflection mirror so as to have the minimum size. This makes it possible to provide a small camera in which the width and thickness of the camera body are suppressed to the minimum values determined by the axial and radial dimensions of the film cartridge.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view in which an upper wall of a small camera showing a first embodiment of the present invention is removed.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the compact camera according to the first embodiment of the present invention with the front wall removed.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the miniature camera according to the first embodiment of the present invention with the bottom wall removed.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

5 is a sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the second embodiment of the present invention with the upper wall of a small camera removed.

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the compact camera according to the second embodiment of the present invention with the front wall removed.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the small camera showing the second embodiment of the present invention with the bottom wall removed.

9 is a sectional view taken along the line A1-A1 in FIG.

10 is a sectional view taken along line B1-B1 in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing the third embodiment of the present invention with the upper wall of a small camera removed.

FIG. 12 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the small camera showing the third embodiment of the present invention with the front wall removed.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of the small camera showing the third embodiment of the present invention with the bottom wall removed.

14 is a sectional view taken along the line A2-A2 in FIG.

FIG. 15 is a sectional view taken along line B2-B2 in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,1A ………… Camera body 4,4A ………… Shooting opening 5,5A ………… Film cartridge loading room 6,6A ………… Film winding room 7,7A ………… Shooting Lens 8,8A ………… Total reflection mirror 9,9A ………… Lens lens barrel 11,11A ………… Lens drive motor 12,12A ………… Lens drive mechanism 13,13A ………… Main condenser 21,21A ………… Battery chamber 26,26A ………… Finder section 27 ………… Film feeding motor 28 ………… Film feeding mechanism

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A film tip wound around a spool shaft housed in the film cartridge main body is fed out of the film cartridge main body through a film outlet in association with the rotation of a rotation shaft provided in the camera main body. In a camera using a 35 mm width film with a cartridge, the spool axis of the film cartridge and the optical axis of the taking lens are arranged in the same direction, and the optical axis after passing through the taking lens is 45 ° from the optical axis. An angled total reflection mirror is fixed,
A small camera characterized in that the light rays of the taking lens are reflected at a right angle on the film surface. 2. The small camera according to claim 1, wherein a lens driving motor is arranged on the photographing lens side of the total reflection mirror and a film feeding driving motor is arranged on the opposite side of the photographing lens. . 3. The miniature camera according to claim 1, further comprising a finder portion disposed above the film winding chamber.