Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd.

Tadamasa Manome

Keiji Kaneko

Hisao Takemae

A lens grip for a shoulder type camera, the lens grip having a housing which includes a fixed base member to be fixedly attached to a lens assembly of the camera and a cover member to be adjustably fixed to the base member, wherein the lens grip housing accomodates therein drive members including a lens drive motor and lens position sensor mechanisms therefor, operating members for controlling operations of the drive members, and an electric circuit board connected between the drive and operating members through wiring cables. In order to permit angular adjustments of the cover member on the base member of the housing, the cover and base members each are provided with a joint portion formed in a circular shape at least in part thereof, and are joined together through a coupling mechanism located at the center of the circular joint portions and, moreover, are arranged to permit angular adjustments of the cover member relative to the base member. A positioning mechanism is provided between the joint portions of the two housing members to fix the cover member in a desired angular position relative to the base member.

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Omiya, Japan

Tadamasa Manome