JPS62231231A - Camera mount type stroboscope - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operativity at the time of mounting a stroboscope by providing an abutting part which abuts on part of the external surface of a camera body formed facing in a mounting direction and stops the mounting of a strobe and a power terminal part which is connected to a camera-body side power terminal in the abutting state. CONSTITUTION:A lock part (movable terminal block 14 which moves up and down with an operation push button 13) engages the side of a camera body 2 at right angles to the mounting direction when engaging the upper end part of a top body panel. Consequently, the movable terminal block 14 is moved down through the operation of the push button 13 and held locked, and the block is unlocked by the rotation of the push button 13, etc., to enter its initial state. Then, the stroboscope main body is slid and mounted on the body top body panel 4 from in front of the camera body by engaging slide rails 8 and 8 and projection streak parts 12 and 12 with each other, and the push button 13 as the lock part is pushed to prevent the strobe body from falling from the camera body 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an improvement in a camera-mounted strobe device that is detachably mounted on the upper part of a camera body for use in flash photography.

[Prior Art] In a strobe device known as an electronic flash device,
The most common type of clip-on type is a locking piece attached to a part of the accessory shoe attached to the back of the upper end of the gunship part that bulges in the center of the upper center of the camera body. By embedding it and securing it with a nut, etc., it can be integrally attached to the camera body. In addition, for large portable types, the horizontal bracket provided at the bottom can be fixed to the bottom of the camera body with screws, etc., so that they can be installed side by side integrally on the side of the camera body. It has become.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, as mentioned above, in conventional strobe devices that are attached to the camera body, the larger the device, the bulkier it becomes. When worn, not only does the center of gravity become high, but also the mounting area relative to the camera body is small, which tends to make the camera unstable when taking pictures or when being carried around.

This requires careful handling when photographing.
This was a major problem in terms of camera operability. In the latter case, although stability can be achieved by integrating the camera with the camera body, the relatively large strobe device is located on the side of the camera body, making it difficult to hold the camera compared to when no strobe device is attached. This also caused problems in terms of operability.

Furthermore, in the conventional strobe device described above, in order to attach it to the top or side of the camera body, the attachment part of the strobe device must be held from the rear or bottom of the camera body, which makes it difficult to attach the strobe device to the top or side of the camera body. However, it cannot be said that the strobe device can be easily and properly attached and held, and there are also problems in terms of operability when attached.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to meet such demands, the camera-mounted strobe device according to the present invention includes a strobe body that is attached to an engaged portion formed on the outer surface of the camera body. A contact portion that is formed to face the mounting direction and stops the strobe mounting portion by contacting a part of the outer surface of the camera body, and a contact shape 71,
[Embodiment] A power terminal portion connected to a camera body side power terminal is provided [Embodiment] The present invention will be described in detail below using an embodiment shown in the drawings.

1 to 5 show an embodiment of a camera-mounted strobe device according to the present invention. In these figures, a single-lens reflex camera denoted by reference numeral 1 has a photographing lens on the front surface of its camera body 2. 3 is removably attached, and the upper center thereof is formed as a warship part 4 that is raised to match the shape of a pentaprism (not shown) incorporated inside the body 2. σ) At the rear of the upper end of the warship section 4, there is an accessory shoe 6 having a terminal section 5 which serves as a section for transmitting electrical signals such as a flash start signal and flash condition information to and from the strobe device GT10. Note that 7) in Figure 2 indicates camera body 2.
There are two power terminals located on the left and right sides of the upper end of the lens mount on the front side.

Now, according to the camera-mounted strobe device IQK according to the present invention, by loading the camera body 2 from the front side at 5 as shown in FIG. The strobe main body 11 is attached to the upper and front sides of the warship part 4 to the covers 5 and 5, and the strobe main body II has an engaged part (in this embodiment) formed along the front and back direction on the camera body 2 side. The upper end of the warship part 4 is formed with an engaging part (projection part 12, 12 in this embodiment) that engages with the guide rails 8, 8) K which are attached on both sides, and is perpendicular to the mounting direction in this retaining shape 1dl. From the direction of camera body 2 (in this embodiment, the recess 6a formed by the accessory fist shoe 6), the engaging part that engages the Kf system (in this embodiment, the movable terminal boot 14, which is moved up and down by the operation push button 13)
) is characterized by its structure.

In addition, in the figure, 15 is a light emitting part provided on the upper side of the front end of the strobe body +10, and 16.16 is a power terminal that is inserted and connected to the power terminal part 7.7 on the front side of the body 2. As is clear from FIGS. 1 and 5M, the strobe main body 11σ) is provided protrudingly from the lower end on the rear end side of the front block portion 11a. Here, the power terminal parts F and F on the body side into which these power terminals 16 and 16 are inserted have a structure as shown in Fig. It is constructed such that it is normally closed by the elastic sheet 7bK and is opened only when the terminal 16, 16 is inserted. That is, in this embodiment, charging and charging can be performed by using a power source stored in the bottom of the camera body 2, for example.
A flash type strobe device 10 is shown.

Furthermore, a strobe device according to the present invention [10 is a main body 1 of the strobe device [10]
The rear part of 1 corresponds to the warship s4 and is formed with a concave lower surface 5 to cover the upper part thereof, and the front boot stock part 11a on the front side is located on the front side of the warship part 4. The lower side thereof is formed with a curved surface so that it can be mounted while avoiding the photographing lens 2. Here, 1 in Figure 5
7 is incorporated into the strobe main body 11, and other parts necessary for the strobe are appropriately incorporated into the main body 11.

The camera-mounted tropo device IO having such a configuration moves the strobe main body 11 from the front side of the camera body 2 to the body warship part 4, and engages the slide rail 8.8 and the protrusion part 12.12. 5 as shown by arrow A in FIG. , it can be easily, reliably, and stably attached to the upper and image side portions of the warship section 4.

Here, the up and down movement operation of the logic terminal block 14 by the operation push button 13 as the locking part described above will be explained as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5.
This will be briefly explained using figures. That is, 20 in the figure is pressed by the push button 13, and the strobe body 111 is pressed.
A shaft portion that descends while rotating through the hole 21a of the IK-formed lock plate portion 21; 22 is a return spring 6 that urges the shaft portion 20 upward; 23 is the push button 13;
It is a mark member that is attached to the lower part and is colored with red equal pressure to make it possible to identify whether or not the push button 13 is in a depressed state. Depending on the vertical movement, the accessory shoe 6 engages or disengages from the recess 6a, and when the accessory shoe 6 descends, the terminal 2 assembled therein
4 is the 7 ri 7 1? - It is configured so that it can selectively contact the terminal portion 5 provided on the shoe 6 to transmit signals. Such an operation can be easily understood from FIG. 4 and FIG. It is possible to descend by a suppressing operation and obtain a locked state by the movable terminal boot stock 14, and maintain the locked state,
Also, by performing operations such as rotating push button L3, the -
It is sufficient to appropriately adopt a conventionally well-known single-hook structure, which has a function of being able to return to the cut state after the cut state is released. Here, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, when the instruction mark 25 of the push button 139A rotates from the free mark 26m on the fixed side to the lock mark 26b and is locked, 4. VC is configured to be in a free state by rotating it in the opposite direction and returning it to its original position.

In the strobe device 10 having the above-described configuration, when the strobe device 10 is installed, the center of gravity of the strobe portion is low, and the structure can be made compact, so that it is possible to obtain a strobe device that does not affect photographing operations. Moreover, since it is fitted in a stylish manner covering the first and fourth parts of the body, it has various excellent effects such as a less unnatural appearance. In particular, the configuration according to the present invention skillfully utilizes the space above and in front of the body warship section 4, and does not have the problems of the conventional structure such as having a high center of gravity and being bulky, which has great advantages. . Sara K.

Even during KM such as during tOW, as it is installed as it is,
It is easy and stylish to carry.

Here, in the camera I mentioned above, a light guide 27 is usually provided on the front of the body warship part 4 as a light, so that when the viewfinder is set, the data display part etc. at the periphery of the screen can be illuminated. Although it is said that the structure is
In the above-mentioned strobe device IO according to the present invention, the light guide section 27 is covered, and data cannot be displayed by illumination as it is. For this reason, in the strobe device IO according to the present invention, a light guide plate 281 made of a transparent synthetic resin or the like is disposed on the upper surface of the main body 11, and the light guide plate 281 is passed through the inside of the main body 11, and the end portion 28m is This shows a case in which it is arranged to face the light guide 27 of the warship section 4, and it can introduce outside light more appropriately and reliably than K, which has a great advantage.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the structure of the embodiment described above, and the shape, structure, etc. of each part may be modified and changed as appropriate. For example, in the embodiment described above, the case where the light emitting section 15 was fixedly provided on the ll# surface of the strobe body was explained.
The present invention is not limited to this, but as shown in FIG. 6, the light emitting section 15 is housed in a notch formed in the upper part of the front end of the strobe body 11, or is pivoted upwardly so as to be freely supported. It will be obvious that the lamp portions 22 and 30 may be provided with an arrangement in which the lamp portions 22 and 30 can be rotated as required. Here, 31.31 (only one shown) in the figure is a lamp part 22 that is rotatably supported around a rotation shaft 32 supported by the strobe body 11111K. It is a supporting piece.

In addition, when such a configuration is used, the notch front III wall (corresponding part [Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the camera-mounted strobe device according to the present invention, despite the simple and inexpensive configuration,
The strobe main body can be mounted on the body side by a simple operation, and a reliable mounting state can be ensured, and it is possible to provide a compact strobe device that is excellent in terms of operability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of the camera-mounted strobe device according to the present invention, for explaining the loaded state of the strobe device, and FIG.
3 is a front view of the camera showing the strobe device.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the main part showing the state before operation, Fig. 5 is a schematic side view showing the state of attachment to the camera body, and Fig. 6 is a plan view of part A showing the operation push button part as I&. It is a main part side view which shows another Example of i-town. 111s-eye reflex camera, 2...camera body, 3φψ
Photographing lens, 4@・Warship section, 5.. Terminal section, 6. Accessory shoe, 7.. Power terminal section, 8.. Slide rail (engaged 1), to.. Camera-mounted strobe device, 11Φ-Strobe body, 13・Bone operation push button, 14-・
Movable terminal block, 15-・Light-emitting part, 16-・Power terminal, 27-・Light guide, , 28-・Light guide plate.

Claims (1)

[Claims] The strobe body is equipped with a strobe body that is attached to an engaged part formed on the outer surface of the camera body. What is claimed is: 1. A camera-mounted strobe device comprising: a contact portion; and a power terminal portion that connects to a camera body side power terminal when in contact.