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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1996
Ralph Merwin Lyon, Rochester, NY (US);
Joel Sherwood Lawther, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A camera comprising a light sensitive film on which a certain number of exposures can be made, and a multi-lamp flash source having a plurality of one-time-use flash lamps equal in number to the total number of exposures to be made on the film, is characterized in that the multi-lamp flash source has consecutive indicators proximate the respective lamps for indicating the number of exposures available to be made and is supported for movement to move the respective lamps from a storage to a use position for illuminating a subject to be photographed and, substantially simultaneously, to move the respective indicators from a concealed to a visible position.