Patent ID: 6707501
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
A control system for a video recorder camera, said control system comprising:a handle adapted to be held in a palm of an operator, an actuator for selecting one of a wide angle mode and a telephoto mode of a video camera recorder, said switch being depressable by a thumb of a same hand of the operator holding said handle, a speed control device for controlling zoom speed of a video recorder camera and for engagement by a forefinger of the same hand of the operator holding said handle, and a control cable for connecting to the video recorder camera and for transmitting signals from said switch and said speed control device to the video recorder camera so that the operator can, by natural, comfortable movement of the thumb and the forefinger, control zoom speed in one of said wide angle and said telephoto mode of operation of the video camera recorder when the handle is held in the palm of the operator.