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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiro Inazuka, Saitama, JP;
Kiyoshi Kawano, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
PENTAX Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ;
Abstract
A camera includes a camera body having a photographing lens, a lens cover plate which is supported on the camera body so that said lens cover plate moves between a closed position at which the lens cover plate covers the front of the photographing lens and an open position at which the lens cover plate uncovers the front of the photographing lens, and a light emitting device, wherein at least one element of the light emitting device is positioned on the lens cover plate.