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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1987
Toshihisa Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Copal Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to enable to obtain stable exposure time even for successive photographing at high speeds and completely synchronize flashing without errors, the focal plane shutter comprising a front blade group and a rear blade group is adapted in such a manner that the rear blade group is returned to its start position (folded position) substantially at the final stage of the shutter cocking travel, a retaining lever for locking the rear balde group at the unfolded position (position covering the exposure aperture) during the shutter cocking operation functions as a brake member for the rear blade operating lever, and said focal plane shutter is equipped with a movable X-contact lever which is retained at a position apart from a fixed contact by a front blade actuating arm during and after the shutter cocking operation and maintained at a position apart from the fixed contact by an X-contact release lever operated by the rear blade operating lever for the time from completion of the exposure operation to completion of the former half of the shutter cocking travel.