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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1977
Maki Yamashita, Sakai, JP;
Yasuzi Kogure, Kawanishi, JP;
Abstract
A camera adapted for use with a photoflash device, and having structure for manually setting a diaphragm aperture externally of the camera includes: a switch for switching the camera from a daylight photography mode to a flash photography mode, and vice-versa; a diaphragm setting member movable for setting the diaphragm aperture; a first scale member for indicating a set position of the diaphragm aperture setting member for daylight photography, and a second scale member for indicating a set position of the diaphragm setting member for flash photography. Additionally, the camera is provided with structure for selectively exposing one of the two scale members in response to selection of the photography mode of the camera. The exposing structure is interconnected with the switch for automatic, selective indication of the scale members.