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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1998
Setsuya Kataoka, Hachioji, JP;
Koji Kato, Tama, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Shibuya-Ku, JP;
Abstract
A camera including a hole drilled in the top surface of the outer housing member of the camera, a shaft extending across and fixed within the hole, a release button mounted within the hole in a manner such that the release button pivots about the shaft, a step formed within the hole to restrain the pivotal motion of the release button in one direction, a hole drilled in the top surface of the outer housing in the vicinity of the side where the pivotal motion of the release button is restrained by the step, and a photograph mode button mounted in the hole in a manner such that the photograph mode button is pressed to operate. With these plurality of operational members mounted in close vicinity, the camera not only imposes no complex operation on a photographer but also helps the photographer make less erratic operations.