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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1989
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera comprises a camera body which is integrally formed with a lens barrel containing a lens having an optical axis. A receiving chamber for receiving an elongated electronic flash body is formed along the lateral side of the lens barrel in parallel to the optical axis of the lens. The electronic flash body having top and bottom ends is provided at its one side with a light emitting window located near the top end thereof. The flash body is built into the camera body through a pop-up means so as to be moved between a first position at which substantially the overall length of the flash body is received into the receiving chamber in the state that the light emitting window is oriented downward and that the bottom end of the flash body is located in the rear end portion of the receiving chamber, and a second position at which the flash body is raised upward from the camera body in the state that the light emitting window is oriented forward and that the bottom end of the flash body is located in the front end portion of the receiving chamber.