Patent ID: 6595702
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera comprising:a lens barrel having a plurality of tube frames each having different inner diameters, said plurality of tube frames moving between a collapsed position and a photographing position, wherein said plurality of tube frames are collapsed and housed in the collapsed position, and said plurality of tube frames protrude from a front side a camera main body in decreasing order of diameter; and a lens barrier which is located at the front side of the camera main body and is moveable between a covered position to cover said leans barrel housed in the collapsed position and an exposed position to expose said lens barrel, wherein in a state that said lens barrel is housed in the collapsed position, said plurality of tube frames includes at least a first tube frame having a smallest inner diameter and a second tube frame whose inner diameter is larger than an outer diameter of the first tube frame, a diameter of a tip portion of the first tube frame becomes larger toward a rear side of the camera main body and the outer diameter except the tip portion thereof is substantially constant, and a tip portion of the second tube frame is positioned at a position closer to the rear side of the camera main body than the tip portion of said first tube frame.