JPH0915701A - Camera structure hardly causing camera shake - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent camera shake from being caused by making a photographer unconsciously press his arm on the side at the time of photographing by making the depressing direction of a release button turn to the center part of a camera body and oblique to the upper wall and the side wall of a camera body. SOLUTION: This camera 10 is provided with the upper wall 20 turning upward in the case the photographer holds the camera 10 in an ordinary horizontal position and the right side wall 22 nearly orthgonally crossed with the upper wall 20. An inclined wall 24 is formed between the upper wall 20 and the right side wall 22. Then, the release button 26 for releasing the shutter of the camera 10 is arranged on the inclined wall 24. The stroke direction, that is, the depressing direction of the release button 26 is made a direction nearly perpendicular to the inclined wall 24 so as to turn to the center part(center part of the camera body) of the camera 10. Therefore, the side of the arm on the side of operating the release button, 26 is unconsciously tensioned, so that the occurrence of the camera shake is restrained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera structure which is less likely to cause camera shake.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a so-called still camera such as a camera that uses a silver salt film or a camera that records a still image on a magnetic disk using a CCD, the photographer tightens his / her arm while taking the photograph. It is generally well known that the camera shake can be prevented considerably. Many camera instruction manuals also recommend that you fasten your sides to prevent blurring.

However, in the conventional still camera,
Unless you try to shoot with your sides tight, it is difficult to shoot with your sides closed every time you shoot. In addition, many photographers do not read the instruction manual of the camera well, so many photographers do not know the fact that the occurrence of camera shake can be prevented by shooting with the sides tightened.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the related art. When shooting, the photographer can unconsciously tighten his or her armpits to prevent the occurrence of camera shake. An object of the present invention is to provide a camera structure that is less likely to cause blurring.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In a conventional still camera, a release button is generally provided on a portion of the upper surface of the camera near the right side of the camera (in a camera for a left-handed photographer, a portion of the upper surface of the camera near the left side of the camera). There is. Further, the pressing direction of the release button is generally substantially the same as the vertical direction of the camera. According to the present invention, in the conventional camera having such a general structure, when the photographer grips the camera with the hand of the photographer without using a tripod or the like and takes a photograph, the armpit is not consciously tightened. It was made with a focus on the fact that it is difficult to tighten.

The camera structure according to the present invention which is less likely to cause camera shake is a camera body having a substantially rectangular front surface; a release button provided on the camera body so as to be operable from the outside;
In the camera including, the release button is pushed in toward the center of the camera body and is inclined with respect to the upper and side walls of the camera body.

The camera structure of the present invention which is less likely to cause camera shake includes an upper wall; a side wall substantially orthogonal to the upper wall; and a release button provided near a ridge formed by the side wall and the upper wall; The release button is pushed toward the center of the camera body with an inclination with respect to each of the upper wall and the side wall.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera structure in which camera shake is less likely to occur, which is formed on an upper wall; a side wall substantially orthogonal to the upper wall; An inclined wall that inclines with respect to both the side wall and the upper wall;
And a release button provided on the inclined wall whose pressing direction is substantially orthogonal to the inclined wall.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a lens shutter camera 10 to which the present invention is applied. This lens shutter camera 10 is a camera using a silver salt film,
A taking lens 14 is integrally provided at a substantially central portion of the front wall 12. A finder objective window 16 and a strobe window 18 are provided on the upper portion of the front wall 12. Camera 10
Is about 70 mm in length, about 120 mm in width, and about 35 mm in depth.

The camera 10 has an upper wall 20 which faces upward when the photographer holds the camera 10 in a normal horizontal position, and a right side wall 22 which is substantially orthogonal to the upper wall 20. An inclined wall 24 is formed between the upper wall 20 and the right side wall 22. The inclined wall 24 is formed so as to be inclined by about 45 ° with respect to both the upper wall 20 and the right side wall 22.

A release button 26 for releasing the shutter of the camera 10 is provided on the inclined wall 24. The stroke direction of the release button 26, that is, the pushing direction is
The direction is substantially perpendicular to the inclined wall 24, and is directed toward the center of the camera 10 (center of the camera body). That is, the pressing direction of the release button 26 is set to a direction inclined by about 45 ° toward the taking lens 14 with respect to the vertical direction of the camera 10 (vertical direction in FIG. 1).

According to the camera 10 having the above structure,
When taking a picture, the photographer can unintentionally close the armpit and take a picture. The characteristic part of the camera 10 will be described below by comparing with a conventional camera.

Generally, the photographer operates the release button with the index finger of the dominant hand. Therefore, when holding the camera 10 to which the present invention is applied in a normal lateral position for shooting, a general right-handed photographer applies the finger pad of the index finger of the right hand to the release button 26, and places other than the finger pad. Put the abdomen of the forefinger of the camera along the right side wall 22, and apply the palm of the same hand to the part from the corner (ridge) 27 formed by the right side wall 22 and the bottom wall 28 of the camera 10 to the bottom wall 28. The thumb of the same hand is applied to the rear wall 30, and the remaining fingers of the same hand (middle finger, ring finger, little finger) are applied to the front wall 12 to support the camera 10. At this time, the left hand of the photographer is the camera 1
Properly support the left edge of 0.

When the photographer holds the camera 10 in this manner, the palm of the photographer's right hand is applied to a portion from the vicinity of the corner 27 to the bottom wall 28, so that the wrist of the same hand is the photographing lens 14 having the bottom wall 28. Inevitably located on the side. The position of this wrist narrows the right arm of the photographer inward, so that the side of the photographer is tightened. Therefore, according to the camera 10 to which the present invention is applied, the side of the arm on the side where the release button 26 is operated is involuntarily closed, so that the occurrence of camera shake is suppressed.

FIG. 4 shows a conventional lens shutter camera 1.
0 'is shown. In this camera 10 ', the substantially same members as those of the camera 10 of the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals. The size of the camera 10 'is substantially the same as that of the camera 10. This conventional camera 1
A release button 26 is provided at 0 ′ in a portion of the upper wall 20 near the right side wall 22. More specifically, release button 2
6 is disposed on the upper wall 20 at a position separated from the ridge line 21 formed by the upper wall 20 and the right side wall 22 by a predetermined distance L. The release button 26 is pushed in the camera 1
The direction is substantially the same as the vertical direction of 0 '.

When taking a picture with the camera 10 'held in a normal lateral position, a general right-handed photographer takes a ridge 21
Since the release button 26 provided at a position away from the camera 10 'must be pushed toward the lower side of the camera 10', the fingertip of the index finger of the right hand is applied to the release button 26, and the portion of the index finger other than the fingertip is suspended. Put the palm of the same hand along the right side wall 22 and the thumb of the same hand on the rear wall 30 while floating on the other hand, and rest the fingers of the same hand (middle finger, ring finger,
The camera 10 is supported by putting the little finger) on the front wall 12. In this conventional camera 10 ′, the palm of the right hand is applied to the right side wall 22 and not the bottom wall 28. In this state, the right arm of the photographer usually moves away from the right side wall 22 toward the right side of the camera 10 ′ as he goes from the wrist to the elbow of the same hand, unless he / she is conscious of taking a picture by tightening the armpits. Therefore, the photographer's upper arm is separated from the armpit. Therefore, in the camera 10 ′ having the conventional structure, camera shake is likely to occur during shooting.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the camera 10, and FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment of the camera 10. The camera 10 of the first embodiment in these second and third embodiments
Members that are substantially similar to the above are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The camera 10 in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2 is provided with a restricting wall 32 that extends in a substantially vertical direction of the camera 10 and has a lower end portion connected to the inclined wall 24 and an upper end portion connected to the upper wall 20. Has been. Further, behind the restriction wall 32 and the inclined wall 24, the restriction wall 3 extends substantially in the vertical direction of the camera 10.
A wall 34 is provided which connects both the 2 and the inclined wall 24.

Depending on the photographer, instead of using the tip of the index finger, for example, the release button may be pressed by the middle abdomen of the index finger. In such a case, in the camera 10 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the palm of the hand operating the release button 26 touches the bottom wall 28, despite the characteristic arrangement of the release button 26. It is conceivable that the armpits will not tighten without being forgiven. However, according to the camera 10 of the second embodiment, since the regulation wall 32 extending substantially in the vertical direction of the camera 10 is provided between the inclined wall 24 and the upper wall 20, the photographer can release the release button. Be sure to press 26 with your fingertips. Therefore, the above-mentioned problems are solved.
Further, according to this camera 10, since the wall 34 is formed behind the inclined wall 24, the camera 10 is supported between the fingertip operating the release button 26 and the thumb applied to the rear wall 30. Therefore, the camera 10 can be supported and held more reliably.

In the camera 10 of the third embodiment shown in FIG. 3, similarly to the camera 10 of the second embodiment, a regulating wall extending between the inclined wall 24 and the upper wall 20 in a substantially vertical direction of the camera 10 is provided. 32 is formed. In this camera 10, a wall corresponding to the wall 34 in the second embodiment is not formed. Even with the camera 10 in the third embodiment, the photographer always presses the release button 26 with his fingertip, as in the camera 10 in the second embodiment.

Although the lens shutter camera 10 using the silver salt film has been described in the above first to third embodiments, other still cameras such as a single lens reflex camera and a camera for recording a still image on a magnetic disk using a CCD. It is also applicable to.

In the case of a left-handed photographer's camera, an inclined wall similar to the inclined wall 24 may be formed between the upper wall 20 and the left side wall 36.

The size of the camera is not limited to the size of the camera 10 described above, but may be another size. It should be noted that the length from the bottom surface of the camera 10 (bottom surface of the bottom wall 28) to the lower end portion of the inclined wall 24 (H in the same figure for the camera 10 shown in FIG. 1).
Is preferably about 60-90 mm.

In the camera 10 of this embodiment, the inclined wall 24
Is formed to be inclined by about 45 ° with respect to both the upper wall 20 and the right side wall 22, the present invention is not limited to this, and the inclination angle of the inclined wall 24 with respect to the right side wall 22 is about 25 °. ~ 6
It may be in the range of 5 °.

In the first to third embodiments described above, the inclined wall 24 is inclined with respect to both the upper wall 20 and the right side wall 22.
Although the release button 26 is provided in the upper wall 20, the present invention is not limited to this, and the upper wall 20 can be provided without providing the inclined wall 24.
A release button 26 is provided near the ridge formed by the right side wall 22 and the right side wall 22.
Alternatively, the upper wall 20 and the right wall 22 may be inclined toward the center of the. Also with this configuration, the inclined wall 2
The same effect as when 4 is provided is obtained.

[0026]

As described above, according to the camera structure of the present invention which is less likely to cause camera shake, the direction of pushing the release button is directed toward the center of the camera body and is inclined with respect to the upper and side walls of the camera body. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of camera shake by unconsciously tightening the side of the photographer at the time of shooting.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective external view of a first embodiment of a camera to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective external view of a second embodiment of a camera to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 3 is a perspective external view of a third embodiment of a camera to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 4 is a perspective external view of a conventional camera.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Camera 12 Front Wall 14 Photographic Lens 16 Finder Objective Window 18 Strobe Window 20 Upper Wall 22 Right Side Wall 24 Sloping Wall 26 Release Button 28 Bottom Wall 30 Rear Wall 32 Control Wall 36 Left Side Wall

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A camera provided with a substantially rectangular front camera body; and a release button provided on the camera body so as to be capable of being pushed in from the outside, wherein the release button is pushed toward the center of the camera body. A camera structure that is less likely to cause camera shake, characterized by being inclined with respect to the upper and side walls of the camera body. 2. An upper wall; a side wall substantially orthogonal to the upper wall; a release button provided near the ridge formed by the side wall and the upper wall; and a pressing direction of the release button. Is a camera structure in which camera shake is less likely to occur, and the camera structure is inclined with respect to each of the upper wall and the side wall and is directed toward the center of the camera body. 3. The tilt angle in the pushing direction of the release button with respect to the side wall according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the tilt angle is about 25 °.
A camera structure that is less likely to cause camera shake within the range of 65 °. 4. An upper wall; a side wall substantially orthogonal to the upper wall; and both side walls and the upper wall formed on at least a part of a wall surface connecting the side wall and the upper wall. A camera structure which is less likely to cause camera shake, and which has an inclined wall which is inclined with respect to the inclined wall; and a release button which is provided on the inclined wall and whose pressing direction is substantially perpendicular to the inclined wall. 5. The camera structure according to claim 4, wherein an inclination angle of the inclined wall with respect to the side wall is within a range of approximately 25 ° to 65 °. 6. The restricting wall according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the wall surface connecting the side wall and the upper wall further has a lower end portion connected to the inclined wall and an upper end portion connected to the upper wall and extending substantially vertically of the camera. With a camera structure that prevents camera shake.