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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1981
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1979
Kyozo Uesugi, Sakai, JP;
Osamu Tanaka, Hashimoto, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A diaphragm control mechanism for a camera objective wherein the diaphragm aperture is maintained fully open before camera operation in order to facilitate framing and focusing of the objective system and is then stopped down in response to a camera release operation to a value manually preset or automatically determined. The fully open diaphragm aperture is adjusted in accordance with movement of a component or components of the objective for the sake of adjustment of the objective, for example, to change its focal length. The improvement according to the present invention lies in the construction of the fully open diaphragm aperture adjusting mechanism wherein a movable member which is included in the link system for the stopping down of the diaphragm bears against a periphery cam or cam edge of a fixed member fixedly mounted in the lens barrel of the objective independently of the link system so that the fully open diaphragm aperture is adjusted as a function of the contact point between the movable member and the cam, with the movable member being allowed to move away from the cam upon the diaphragm stopping down operation of the link system.