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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1990
Nobuyuki Taniguchi, Tondabayashi, JP;
Masatake Niwa, Sakai, JP;
Akira Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Takeo Hoda, Sakai, JP;
Masaaki Nakai, Nara, JP;
Minoru Sekida, Sakai, JP;
Masayoshi Sahara, Sennan, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A camera includes a cover for the upper side of the camera body and having a projecting portion shaped as a pentagonal prism with a first manual operable member located at the cover on a first side of the projecting portion for designating one of a plurality of kinds of photographic data. A second manually operable member is located at the cover on a second side of the projecting portion and alters any of the plurality of the kinds of photographic data in combination with the actual designation of the first manually operable member. The designated photographic data is indicated by a display located at the cover on the second side of the projecting portion. A third manually operable member, also located at the cover on the second side of the projecting portion, initiates exposure operation of the camera.