Patent ID: 7265789
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera with a flange back adjusting mechanism comprising: a camera chassis having a lens mount portion; a device holder which is supported by said camera chassis to be movable in a vicinity of an imaging position of a lens and in a direction of an optical axis; a solid state imaging device which is held by said device holder; and a flange back adjusting mechanism which moves and adjusts said device holder in the direction of the optical axis, wherein said flange back adjusting mechanism comprises: a cam ring which is supported to be rotatable about the optical axis in said camera chassis, and in which a cam surface is disposed in a peripheral edge portion, a projection length of said cam surface in the direction of the optical axis being gradually changed in a circumferential direction; a positioning protrusion which protrudes from said device holder, a tip end of said protrusion butting against said cam surface; a holder urging spring which urges said device holder toward said cam ring to maintain a state where said positioning protrusion butts against said cam surface; an operation window which is opened in a side wall face of said camera chassis, said side wall face extending along the direction of the optical axis; and a ring driving mechanism which rotates said cam ring by an operation section that protrudes to an outside through said operation window.