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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1998
Michael L DeCecca, Fairport, NY (US);
Mark A Lamphron, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A camera including a viewfinder for viewing a subject to be photographed, a masking a device for the viewfinder having a number of different format mask configurations, a taking lens for forming an image of the subject, and a lens cover for the taking lens, is characterized in that the masking device and said lens cover are supported to be moved at the same time for any one of the mask configurations to be in a masking position partially masking the viewfinder when the lens cover is not covering the taking lens and for every one of the mask configurations to be respective non-masking positions not partially masking the viewfinder when the lens cover covers the taking lens.