Eastman-kodak Company

Bruce A Leonard

James S Couch

Robert W Mervar

Anna C Schelling

Ralph M Lyon

David E Hansen

Jerry L Hargrave

Daniel T Meyerhoefer

Bruce M Goldstein

Lawrence E Hood

William H Goddard

Deborah N Pelcher

Camera with an extendable lens and foldable flash

A camera intended to be used with a multiple flash bulb unit selects an unused flash bulb farthest from the taking lens to reduce a red-eye effect when a near range camera-to-subject distance is chosen and selects an unused flash bulb closest to the taking lens when a far range camera-to-subject distance is selected.

Camera selects unused flash bulb farthest from taking lens to reduce

Deployable lens camera

A family of different type cameras is intended for use with a film cassette which is capable of being operated to thrust a filmstrip out of the cassette housing, regardless of whether the filmstrip is unexposed or is partially exposed, and which has film exposure-status indicating means for providing visible indications that the filmstrip inside the cassette housing is unexposed or is partially exposed. One type camera intended to be used only with a film cassette containing an unexposed filmstrip includes single indication means for providing a visible indication similar only to the one the film cassette provides that the filmstrip inside the cassette housing is unexposed, to advise that the camera can be used only with a film cassette containing an unexposed filmstrip. Another type camera intended to be used with a film cassette containing an unexposed or partially exposed filmstrip includes respective indication means for providing visible indications similar to the ones the film cassette provides that the filmstrip inside the cassette housing is unexposed or is partially exposed, to advise that the camera can be used with a film cassette containing an unexposed or partially exposed filmstrip.

Camera with indicator for preventing load of exposed film

In a camera having a cartridge load door on a body portion and a battery load door on a battery containing handgrip, each of the doors and the handgrip are supported for pivoting individually only about a single common axis. Pivoting the handgrip from a folded position to an extended position pivots the battery load door flush aginst the cartridge load door. The battery load door is opened by pivoting it flush against the cartridge load door when the handgrip is in the folded position. The cartridge load door is opened by pivoting it flush against the battery load door when the handgrip is in the folded position. This arrangement provides a compact, simple design.

Camera with handgrip

Camera with integral flash unit

Camera with sliding lens cover

Camera with lens shade

All-weather camera

Still camera

Photographic camera

Combined camera and a flash unit

A photographic camera and a handgrip are pivotally connected for swinging movement of the camera body relative to the handgrip about a viewing axis through front and rear viewfinder windows on the camera body. This arrangement advantageously enables the camera body to be oriented selectively for horizontal format or vertical format picture-taking without having to change one's grasp of the handgrip or remove one's eye from the vicinity of the rear viewfinder window.

Photographic camera with handgrip

Still camera with built-in flash unit

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Honeoye Falls, NY, United States of America

Bruce A Leonard