Konica Corporation

Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.

Konic Corporation

Yoshiharu Takahashi

Yasutoshi Fujii

Yoshiyuki Nojima

Minoru Yamada

Seiichi Isoguchi

Masami Fujita

Kohichi Yamaguchi

Kiziro Suzuki

Noriyuki Kaedeoka

Shizuo Ishii

Kijiro Suzuki

Saburo Yoneyama

Katsuya Nagaishi

Takaichi Hayashida

Yoshio Shimazaki

Yoshinobu Sameshima

Keiichi Kawazu

Mutsuhito Kichima

Tomokazu Yamada

A camera having a zooming function, including plural lens groups, a fixed frame fixed to a main body of the camera, a cam member engaging with the fixed frame so that the cam member is movable in the optical axis direction of the lens groups, and plural lens group supporting frames each engaging with the cam member and supporting each of the plural lens groups so that the lens group supporting frames may move in the optical axis direction to move the lens groups in the optical axis direction.

Zooming lens barrel and a camera in use therewith

An apparatus for recording a photographed image on a recording medium together with information received from a satellite of GPS (Global Positioning System). The apparatus includes a first memory to store recording data on the recording medium; a second memory to store the information received thereafter by a GPS receiver; and a judging circuit for determining whether the later recording data is to be shifted from the second memory to the first memory when the shutter is actuated.

Camera having an information recording function

In an apparatus for reproducing a photographed image on each frame of a developed photographic roll film, wherein each frame includes an image region on which the photographed image is provided and a memory region in which information with regard to the photographed image is stored, an information reader for reading the information stored in the memory region; a processing circuit for processing image signals photoelectrically obtained by an image reader on the bases of the information; and the processed image signals are displayed on the screen.

Photographic film reproducing apparatus using object brightness and

A data recording unit in use with a camera for recording information data, obtained through a GPS receiver, on a photographing film. The data recording unit includes: a selector for selecting a geodetic system from plural geodetic systems; a data converter for converting position information data, obtained through the GPS receiver, to converted position information data in the geodetic system which is selected by the selector; and a printing LED for recording the converted position information data on the photographic film together with images photographed by the camera.

Data-recording unit in use with a camera

A camera in which a photographic data is recorded on a photographic film, includes a plurality of light emitting sections aligned in a direction perpendicular to a film advancing direction. The light emitting sections conducting exposure on a photographic image plane, have a plurality of light emitting elements, the wavelengths of light emitted by the light emitting elements are different. The camera further includes a memory for storing photographic information to be recorded on the film surface and a controller for selectively turning on and off the light emitting sections in the process of advancing the film in accordance with the information stored in the memory.

Photographic data recording camera

A focus detecting apparatus for a camera, includes first and second light-receiving units, and a correlation detecting unit. The first and second light-receiving units receive first and second images formed by light bundle received from an object to be photographed through first and second portions of a photographing lens divided by a face including an optical axis thereof, and output image signals corresponding to light distribution patterns of the images, respectively. The correlation detecting unit detects portions having the highest correlation degree of the two images in accordance with the image signals. The focus detecting apparatus for a camera performs focus detection of the photographing lens on the basis of a detection result of the correlation detecting unit. The correlation detecting unit detects the portions having the highest correlation degree using at least two different methods.

Focus detecting apparatus for camera

According to the invention, a distance measurement apparatus for a camera is disclosed. In this apparatus, a plurality of light-emitting elements are arranged at different positions in a direction perpendicular to a base line and an optical axis of projected light. A driver causes the light-emitting elements to selectively emit near-distance measurement light and far-distance measurement light having a higher intensity than that of the near-distance measurement light. When an amount of light reflected by an object cannot reach a predetermined value necessary for distance measurement upon emission of a light-emitting element selected by the driver, a microcomputer controls an operation of the driver so as to cause another light-emitting element to emit light. The near- or far-distance measurement light reflected by the object is received so as to measure a distance to the object.

Distance measurement apparatus for camera

A camera wherein a camera body is a rectangular shape and long sideways, a first camera parts accommodating chamber and a second camera parts accommodating chamber are disposed at the both sides of a film advancing unit including a film take-up chamber and a patrone chamber, respectively, and a rear cover is arranged such that its edge is positioned at the boundary between the film advancing unit and the second camera parts accommodating chamber.

Camera

A method and device for an automatic exposure control by programs, characterized in that the exposure for an object located at a long distance is controlled by a first automatic exposure control program wherein a stop varies in a range of stop value including open stop value while the exposure for an object located at a close-up distance is controlled by a second automatic exposure control program wherein the stop varies in a range of stop value exceeding a predetermined stop value. The two automatic exposure control programs are selected on the basis of an information on the distance to an object which is set manually, or on the basis of a signal delivered from a range-finder.

Method and device for automatic exposure control by programs

A camera has a taking lens and a charge-coupled device that detects light through the lens. A warning signal generating circuit includes a capacitor, comparator and an LED or buzzer actuated by the output from the comparator. The reference voltage associated with the capacitor is variable to provide warning time limits commensurate with taking lenses of different focal length.

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Hachioji, Japan

Yoshiharu Takahashi