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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2003
Takaaki Yano, Hokkaido, JP;
PENTAX Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A flash device includes a flash tube; a reflector having a first reflector portion and a second reflector portion which are arranged symmetrically with respect to a plane including an axis of the flash tube, a space between the first reflector portion and the second reflector portion increasing in a direction toward a front end aperture of the reflector; and a lens positioned so as to be opposed to the front end aperture of the reflector. At least a part of the first reflector portion on a side of said front end aperture and at least a part of the second reflector portion on a side of said front end aperture are interlocked with each other to be movable in opposite directions along a direction perpendicular to the plane.