West Electric Co., Ltd.

Kunio Tsuji

Toshinori Hayata

Akitoshi Morioka

Hajime Mitsui

Naofumi Aoki

The present invention relates to a camera with a built-in strobo which comprises a small strobo and a lens cover for protecting a photographing lens, the strobo operating when a flashing part is shifted to a predetermined position, and further comprises a member being in association with the lens cover and an operation knob for controlling a movement of the flashing part; and when the lens cover is disposed in front of the photographing lens, pop-out or stowing of the strobo can not be executed by controlling the member through manipulation of the operation knob.

Camera with a built-in strobo

In a camera equipped with both a standard lens and a telephoto lens which may be arbitrarily selected for exposures by manipulating a first control knob, a focusing device is provided which selects the focusing ranges or depths of field of the telephoto lens by a second control knob only in the case of the photography with the telephoto lens.

Focusing device in camera equipped with both standard and telephoto

A combination of a film cartridge loading type camera with an electronic flash of the type wherein a flash lamp converts into a flash of light the energy stored in a main flash capacitor by a DC-DC converter. An optimum exposure may be ensured depending upon the speed of the film used, upon the distance to a subject and upon whether or not the flash is used.

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Nagaokakyo, Japan

Kunio Tsuji