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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1992
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera having a projecting portion disposed at the rear of an aperture portion for forming an image to be photographed on a film and a grip portion formed on the right side of a lens barrel, the left-hand portion of the projecting portion forming a substantially flat surface together with the outer surface of the lens barrel. The camera thus constituted can be significantly easily used because the grip portion can be easily held, the right arm is not easily separated from the body causing camera shake to be prevented at the time of the photographing operation, the fingers of the photographer do not touch the face and do not obstruct the operation when the photographer places his eye next to the viewfinder and observes the finder and the left-hand wrist does not come in contact with the edge of the camera when the left hand is placed on the outer surface of the lens barrel.