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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Moriya Katagiri, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/503 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/503 ;
Abstract
A camera comprises a flash light emission section displaceable between a protruding position in which it protrudes from a camera main body, and a storage position in which it is stored in the camera main body. A pivot is provided nonparallel to a direction of light emitted from the flash light emission section, and also nonparallel to a plane perpendicular to the direction of light emitted from the flash light emission section. The pivot supports the flash light emission section such that the flash light emission section can pivot between the protruding position and the storage position.