Patent ID: 6094535
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: G02B,G03B

Abstract:
A zoom lens camera having a photographic lens barrel which is movable along an optical axis direction, in association with zooming movement of a zoom lens movable along said axis within a predetermined photographic range, said camera comprising:means for retracting said photographic lens barrel, from an extreme rearward position at one end of said predetermined photographic range, into a retracted position;a motor and a driving ring driven by said motor, said driving ring having a center of rotation which is coincident with said optical axis; andmeans for driving said lens barrel, both within said predetermined photographic range, and between said extreme rearward position at said one end of said predetermined photographic range, and said retracted position, by rotating said driving ring, said retracted position comprising a collapsed lens position in which no photograph can be taken.