Vitec Group, Plc

Richard Wenman

Jolyon Francis Torbitt

Steve Turner

Michael Rosskopf

A focus control device is adapted to adjust a camera lens. The device comprises a rotational input device (), a variable gear ratio means () and a rotational output means so coupled to communicate a first rotational movement applied to said rotational input device to said variable gear ratio means () and to communicate a second rotational movement from said variable gear ratio means () to said rotational output means. The variable gear ratio means provides a variable adjustment of the angular velocity of said second rotational movement relative to the angular velocity of said first rotational movement.

Manual focus control device

A tripod () for mounting a camera or the like is disclosed. The tripod () comprises a support () having three legs () which are moveably mounted at a proximal end about the support () and circumferentially equidistant from each other. The legs () are moveable between an expanded configuration to support the tripod () and a folded configuration when the legs () lie adjacent to each other. In order to retain the legs in the folded configuration, at least one leg () includes a magnet () spaced distally along the leg () from the support. Each of the other two legs () includes a further magnet () or a magnetically attracted portion to magnetically engage the magnet () and releasably retain the tripod () in the folded configuration.

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Braintree, United Kingdom

Richard Wenman