Minolta Company, Ltd.

Rika Noguchi

Hiroshi Ueda

Akihiko Fujino

Tatsuya Suzuki

Akihiro Baba

Junko Nagahata

Tomohiko Kawaji

In a multifunction camera, an area selector is used both as an operation key in a first selection mode for selecting the focus detection area of the focus detection device, and as an operation key in a second selection mode for selecting the function setting of the camera. A mode selector is provided which is settable at three positions including a local position, wide position, and lock position. The focus detection area selected at the local position is locked when the mode selector is set at the lock position and has been moved from the local position to the lock position, whereas the wide position is locked when the mode selector has been moved from the wide position to the lock position.

Camera with a display device and operation keys

A waterproof construction of a camera in which a portion of a member which is to be fixed to an exterior surface of a body frame of the camera is exposed from an opening provided on a body cover covering the body frame. In this construction, the member is retained to the internal surface of the body cover via a seal member such that a gap between the member and the body cover is sealed. The body cover retaining the member is attached to the body frame by screws.

Waterproof construction for camera with carrying strap

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Nishinomiya, Japan

Rika Noguchi