JPH1055019A - Mounting supporting fixture for camera and option lens - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simply and quickly execute a working and to increase a working efficiency, with a simple constitution by attaching a telephoto lens to a lens fixture and a video camera to a camera fixture in the rear and making a camera fixture movable and adjustable in vertical, horizontal and optical axial directions. SOLUTION: Plural fitting holes 11a for selectively attaching a telescope 15 are provided at suitable intervals in the longitudinal direction of a lens fixture 11. A vertically elevating/lowering mechanism 31 is provided on a column 9 and a vertically moving member 37 is provided to make a vertical movement adjustable. A stay 43 having an oblong hole 45 extended forward/backward is provided in the vertically moving member 37. A horizontal movement adjusting mechanism is provided on the stay 43. Then, the camera fixture 21 is provided on the horizontally moving member 55 of the horizontal movement adjusting mechanism. At this time, the horizontally moving member 55 is finely adjusted forward/ backward through the oblong hole 45 of the stay 43.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mounting support for a camera such as a camera and a video camera and an optional lens such as a telescope. More specifically, a support is provided on a base substrate mounted on a tripod or the like. The present invention relates to a mounting support for a camera and an optional lens, wherein a lens mounting base extending in the front-rear direction is provided on the supporting column, and a camera mounting base capable of adjusting up and down movement and left and right movement is provided on the column.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional mounting supports for a camera and an optional lens include a mounting base for a telescope as an optional lens and a mounting base for a video camera as a camera. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-160957 discloses a conventional mounting support. In the case of telephoto shooting with a video camera, a telephoto lens is set immediately before the video camera, and the telephoto lens is directly mounted on the camera lens unit. Therefore, there is no weight burden on the camera, and damage to the camera lens portion is prevented.

In a conventional mounting support, a telescope is temporarily mounted on a lens mounting pedestal, a video camera is mounted on a camera receiving pedestal, and the camera receiving pedestal is moved in the left-right direction and up-down direction to move the optical axis of the telescope. An operation of aligning the optical axis of the video camera is performed. Then, after the optical axis is substantially matched, the telescope is moved in the front-rear direction again to bring the telephoto lens and the camera lens into close contact.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional mounting support for the camera and the optional lens, alignment of the optical axis between the camera lens portion of the video camera to be supported and the telephoto lens of the telescope as the optional lens is complicated. Optical axis alignment cannot be performed simply, quickly and accurately.

In the conventional mounting support, the camera receiving base is moved in the left and right direction and the up and down direction to align the optical axis of the telescope with the optical axis of the video camera. The work of closely contacting the camera lens is required, and the work of moving and moving the heavy telescope back and forth is complicated. Further, the amount of movement adjustment in the front-back, left-right and up-down directions cannot be increased.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned unsolved problem of the conventional mounting support for a camera and an optional lens. A telephoto lens is mounted on a lens mounting base, and a video camera is mounted on a rear camera mounting base. By adjusting the movement of the camera mount in the vertical direction, the horizontal direction, and the optical axis direction, the optical axis can be aligned at a time.
With a simple configuration, work can be performed quickly and easily, work efficiency can be significantly improved, and the amount of movement adjustment can be increased, so it can be applied to any type of camera, and excellent shooting can be performed. An object of the present invention is to provide a mounting support for a camera and an optional lens.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and a support for mounting a camera and an optional lens according to claim 1 of the present invention is provided on a base substrate mounted on a tripod or the like. A support provided with a lens mount that extends in the front-rear direction on the support, and a camera mount that can be adjusted up and down and left and right moved on the support, and a mounting support for an optional lens; A plurality of mounting holes for selectively mounting optional lenses along the direction are provided at appropriate intervals, an up-and-down elevating mechanism is provided on the support, and an up-and-down moving member is provided on the up-and-down elevating mechanism so that the up-and-down movement can be adjusted. A stay having an elongated hole extending in the front-rear direction is provided on the member, a left-right movement adjustment mechanism is provided on the stay, and a left-right movement member is provided on the left-right movement adjustment mechanism so that the left-right movement can be adjusted. The camera mount provided on left and right movable member, characterized in that it is adapted to allow the lateral movement member provided with the camera mount by the elongated hole of the stay to finely adjust the front and rear.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mounting support for a camera and an optional lens, wherein guides in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction are provided on the side of the support of the vertical lifting mechanism and the stay of the horizontal movement adjusting mechanism, respectively. It is characterized by being formed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mounting support for a camera and an optional lens, wherein the up-down elevating mechanism and the left-right movement adjusting mechanism include a rack and a pinion.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mounting support for a camera and an optional lens, wherein a left and right movement adjusting mechanism is provided with a guide member for guiding the left and right moving member, and a plurality of fittings are provided on the bottom of the guide member. A mating groove is formed, and a fitting groove of a guide member is fitted in the guide portion of the stay.

In the mounting support for the camera and the optional lens according to the first aspect, a plurality of mounting holes for selectively mounting the optional lens are provided at appropriate intervals along the longitudinal direction of the lens mounting base. An optional lens can be securely fixed to any of the mounting holes, a vertical moving member is provided in the vertical moving mechanism so that the vertical movement can be adjusted, and a horizontal moving member is provided in the horizontal moving adjusting mechanism so that the horizontal movement can be adjusted. Provide a camera mount on the left and right moving member,
The left and right moving members provided with the camera mount can be finely adjusted back and forth by the long holes of the stay, and the lightweight camera mount can be easily and quickly moved and adjusted.

In the mounting support for the camera and the optional lens according to the second aspect of the present invention, the vertical and horizontal guide portions are formed on the side of the support of the vertical lifting mechanism and the stay of the horizontal movement adjusting mechanism, respectively. The vertical movement member can be surely adjusted in the vertical direction, and the left and right movement member can be surely adjusted in the left and right direction.

In the mounting support for the camera and the optional lens according to the third aspect, since the up-and-down elevating mechanism and the left-right movement adjusting mechanism include the rack and the pinion, the up-down movement member and the left-right movement member can be easily moved and adjusted. it can.

In the mounting support for a camera and an optional lens according to a fourth aspect, a guide member for guiding a left-right moving member is provided in a left-right movement adjusting mechanism, and a plurality of fitting grooves are formed in a bottom portion of the guide member. Since the fitting groove of the guide member is fitted in the guide portion of the stay, the camera does not rattle when adjusting the left and right movement of the left and right moving member and the front and rear movement of the left and right movement adjusting mechanism by the guide member, thereby simplifying the operation. It can be performed quickly and reliably, and the alignment work of the optical axis can be performed simply and quickly.

[0015]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a mounting support for a camera and an optional lens according to the present invention. FIGS. 1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention. A mounting support 1 for a camera and an optional lens according to the present invention has a base substrate 5 mounted on a tripod 3 or the like. A screw hole 5 a for attaching to the tripod 3 is screwed in the substrate 5.

As shown in FIG. 1, a block 7 is provided on the base substrate 5, and a support 9 is provided on the block 7. The column 9 is provided with a lens mount 11 extending substantially horizontally in the front-rear direction. A plurality of lens mounts 11 are provided in the vertical direction of the column 9, and in the present embodiment, bolts 20 are provided at appropriate positions in a pair of left and right bolt holes 10 formed.
Be stopped.

The lens mount 11 is provided with a plurality of mounting holes 11a at appropriate intervals. A telescope 15 as an optional lens is fixed to any of the plurality of mounting holes 11 a by a mounting screw 19 via a base 17. The tripod 3 can be attached to the bottom of the lens mount 11, so that the position of the center of gravity can be balanced when a large telescope is attached. Further, the lens mount 1
An optional spacer (not shown) can be mounted on the top 1 and the optical axis of the telescope can be raised to match the optical axis of the objective lens at a high position such as a special video camera.

The column 9 is moved up and down (indicated by Y in the figure), moved left and right (indicated by X in the figure), and moved back and forth (indicated by Z in the figure) on the side opposite to the side on which the lens mount 11 is provided. ) A possible camera mount 21 is provided. A video camera 25 as an example of a camera is mounted on the camera mount 21.

The column 9 is provided with an up-and-down elevating mechanism 31. The up-and-down elevating mechanism 31 includes a rack 33 and a pinion 35 that meshes with the rack 33, and a guide portion 36 is formed on the support 9.

A vertical moving member 37 is provided so as to be vertically movable by the vertical moving mechanism 31. The rack 33 of the up-and-down elevating mechanism 31 is attached to a groove formed substantially at the center on the back side of the column 9, and the pinion 35 is provided on an up-and-down moving member 37.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the up-and-down elevating mechanism 31 is provided with a pinion 35 provided on the up-and-down moving member 37 side.
An operation handle 39 for rotating the operation handle 39 is provided, and the vertical movement member 37 is vertically moved by the rotation operation of the operation handle 39. The vertically moving member 37 is positioned and locked by a lock mechanism 41 such as a clamper provided near the operation handle 39.

As shown in FIG. 5, a stay 43 having an elongated hole 45 extending in the front-rear direction is provided on the vertical moving member 37, and a left-right movement adjusting mechanism 51 is provided on the stay 43. The left-right movement adjusting mechanism 51 includes a guide member 53 attached to the stay 43 and extending in the left-right direction.

A long hole 4 extending in the front-rear direction of the stay 43
The guide member 53 is fixed to the stay 4 by the screw 47 inserted into the stay 4.
3 is mounted orthogonally. An operation handle 48 of the screw 47 projects below the bottom surface of the stay 43. A left-right moving member 55 is provided so as to be able to adjust the left-right movement with respect to the guide member 53.

A plurality of fitting grooves 53 a and 53 b are formed at the bottom of the guide member 53, and a step 45 a is formed along the elongated hole 45. A fitting groove 53 a or 53 b of a guide member 53 that guides the left and right movement member 55 of the left and right movement adjustment mechanism 51 is fitted into the guide portion on the upper surface of the stay 43.

The guide member 5 of the left / right movement adjusting mechanism 51
The rack 3 and the left and right moving member 55 are provided with a rack 57 and a pinion 59 meshing with the rack 57, respectively.
The left and right movement adjusting mechanism 51 includes an operation handle 61 for rotating a pinion 59 provided on the left and right movement member 55 side.

The rotation of the operation handle 61 causes the left and right moving member 55 to move up and down. The left and right moving members 55 are
As shown in FIG. 6, it is positioned and locked by a lock mechanism 63 such as a clamper 65 provided near the operation handle 61.

As shown in FIG. 6, the lock mechanism 63 is locked by pressing the clamper 65 against the guide member 53, and is positioned by loosely setting the clamper 65. When the position is determined, it is firmly tightened to lock.

A camera mount 21 is provided on the left and right moving member 55 provided so as to be capable of adjusting the left and right movement, and the video camera 25 is fixed by screws 67 provided on the camera mount 21. Reference numeral 69 denotes a pad material made of a rubber material.

The embodiment of the mounting support for the camera and the optional lens according to the present invention has been described above. Next, the method of use will be described. First, a mounting screw 19 is inserted into a desired mounting hole 11a of the lens
The telescope 15 is attached via. In addition, the lens mount 11
Is relatively adjusted by the up and down movement of the up and down moving member 37 by the up and down elevating mechanism 31, but the lens mount 11 can be moved up and down by selecting the bolt hole 10.

Next, the video camera 25 is screwed into the camera mount 21 provided on the upper side on one side of the left and right moving member 55 via a screw 67. Subsequently, the vertically moving member 37 and the left and right moving member 55 are moved by operating the operation handles 39 and 61 so that the optical axis of the video camera 25 substantially matches the optical axis of the telescope 15.

Next, the left and right moving member 55 is
8 is slightly loosened and moved in the front-rear direction within the long hole 45 of the stay 43 so that the objective lens 25a of the video camera 25 approaches the eyepiece 15a of the telescope 15,
Align the optical axis by slightly moving it up and down.

In this case, as shown in FIG.
5 is set in a slightly pressed state so that resistance is applied between the guide member 53 and the guide member 53. When the position is determined, it is firmly tightened and locked.

As shown in FIG. 5, the operation handle 48 is removed to change the fitting groove 53a or 53b of the guide member 53, and the fitting amount is fitted to the upper surface of the stay 43, as shown in FIG. Then, the operation handle 48 may be attached. In this case, it is possible to move leftward from X2 to X3.

To move the camera mounting base 21 further to the left, the camera mounting base 21 is removed by removing the bolt 22 from the left and right moving member 55, the left and right moving member 55 is inverted, and the fitting groove 53a or 53b of the guide member 53 is moved to the stay 43. May be fitted to the upper surface of the base, and the bolt 22 may be fixed. In this case, it is possible to move leftward from X3 to X4. As described above, since the left / right moving member 55 can move significantly in the left / right direction, it is possible to easily cope with a case where binoculars or the like are attached to the lens mount 11.

[0035]

As described above, according to the mounting support for the camera and the optional lens according to the first aspect, a plurality of mounting holes for selectively mounting the optional lens along the longitudinal direction of the lens mounting base are appropriately provided. Since it was provided at intervals of
A heavy optional lens can be securely fixed to any of the mounting holes. A vertical moving member is provided for vertical movement adjustment in the vertical lifting mechanism, and a horizontal movement member is provided for horizontal movement adjustment in the horizontal movement adjustment mechanism. A camera mounting base is provided on the left-right moving member, and the left-right moving member provided with the camera mounting base can be finely adjusted in the front-rear direction by an elongated hole of the stay,
The lightweight camera mount can be moved and adjusted easily and quickly.

According to the mounting support for the camera and the optional lens according to the second aspect, vertical and horizontal guide portions are formed on the side of the support of the vertical lifting mechanism and the stay of the horizontal movement adjusting mechanism, respectively. Therefore, the vertical movement member can be surely adjusted up and down, and the left and right movement member can be surely adjusted left and right.

According to the mounting support for the camera and the optional lens according to the third aspect, since the up-down moving mechanism and the left-right moving adjusting mechanism include the rack and the pinion, the up-down moving member and the left-right moving member can be easily moved and adjusted. Can be.

According to the mounting support for the camera and the optional lens according to the fourth aspect, the guide member for guiding the left / right moving member is provided in the left / right movement adjusting mechanism, and a plurality of fitting grooves are formed at the bottom of the guide member. Since the fitting groove of the guide member is fitted in the guide portion of the stay, the camera does not rattle during the adjustment of the left and right movement of the left and right movement member and the adjustment of the left and right movement adjustment mechanism by the guide member, The operation can be performed simply, quickly and reliably, and the alignment operation of the optical axis can be performed simply and quickly.

According to the present invention, a telephoto lens is mounted on the lens mount, a video camera is mounted on the rear camera mount, and the camera mount is moved and adjusted in the vertical direction, the horizontal direction, and the optical axis direction. Optical axis alignment work can be performed at once, with a simple configuration, work can be performed quickly and easily,
Work efficiency can be remarkably improved, and the amount of movement adjustment can be increased, so that it can be applied to any type of camera. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially sectional side view of a mounting support for a camera and an optional lens according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a mounting support for a camera and an optional lens according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a mounting support for a camera and an optional lens according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of an up-and-down elevating mechanism of a mounting support for a camera and an optional lens according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of a left-right movement adjusting mechanism of a mounting support for a camera and an optional lens according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mounting support 5 Base board 9 Prop 10 Bolt hole 11 Lens mounting base 11a Lens mounting hole 15 Telescope 17 Mounting base 19 Mounting screw 20 Bolt 21 Camera mounting base 25 Video camera 31 Up-and-down elevating mechanism 33 Rack 35 Pinion 36 Guide part 37 Up / down moving member 39 Operation handle 41 Lock mechanism 43 Stay 45 Long hole 45a Step 47 Screw 48 Operation handle 51 Left / right movement adjustment mechanism 53 Guide member 53a Fitting groove 53b Fitting groove 55 Left / right moving member 57 Rack 59 Pinion 61 Operation handle 63 Lock mechanism 65 Clamper 67 Screw

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] September 13, 1996

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Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Tomohiko Yamaguchi 15-8 Minamihiradaicho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Woody Minamihiradai Building 2nd Floor The Wild Bird Society of Japan (72) Inventor Shin Harada 15 Minamihiradaicho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo No. 8 Woody Minamihiradai Building 2nd Floor Japan Wild Bird Society (72) Inventor Takayuki Yarida 2-7-5 Kyojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo (72) Inventor Nobuo Iida 598 Abiko, Abiko-shi, Chiba

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A camera and an optional lens, wherein a support is provided on a base substrate mounted on a tripod or the like, a lens mount is provided on the support which extends in the front-rear direction, and the support is provided with a camera mount which can be adjusted vertically and vertically. A plurality of mounting holes for selectively mounting optional lenses along the longitudinal direction of the lens mounting base at appropriate intervals, an up-and-down elevating mechanism provided on the support, and an up-and-down elevating mechanism provided on the up-and-down elevating mechanism. A movable member is provided so as to be vertically movable, a stay having an elongated hole extending in the front-rear direction is provided on the vertically movable member, a left-right movement adjustment mechanism is provided on the stay, and the left-right movement member is adjusted on the left-right movement adjustment mechanism. The left and right moving member is provided with a camera mounting base, and the long hole of the stay can finely adjust the front and rear moving member provided with the camera mounting base. A mounting support for a camera and an optional lens, characterized in that: 2. A camera and an optional lens according to claim 1, wherein a vertical guide and a left and right guide are formed on a side of a support of the vertical lifting mechanism and a stay of the horizontal movement adjusting mechanism, respectively. With mounting support. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the up-and-down elevating mechanism and the right-and-left movement adjusting mechanism include a rack and a pinion.
Or a mounting support for the camera according to claim 2 and an optional lens. 4. A guide member for guiding the left / right moving member is provided in the left / right movement adjusting mechanism, a plurality of fitting grooves are formed in a bottom portion of the guide member, and a fitting groove of the guide member is formed in a guide portion of the stay. 4. A mounting support for a camera and an optional lens according to claim 1, wherein the camera is fitted with the optional lens.