Patent ID: 6418278
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera, comprising:a main body having a shutter opening disposed within the main body through which light can be transmitted to expose film; a flash, coupled to the main body; a pair of flash contacts, mounted to the main body and coupled to the flash, that are moveable between an open position in which a trigger signal is not provided to the flash and a closed position in which the trigger signal is provided to the flash; a moveable plate, linked to the flash contacts and having a first aperture and a second aperture through which light can be transmitted, the firs aperture being smaller in size then the second aperture, the sliding plate being moveable between a first position, in which light is transmitted through the first aperture and the shutter opening to expose the film to a first level of light, and a second position in which the second aperture is disposed over the shutter opening so that light is transmitted through the second aperture and the shutter opening at a second level of light; and a shutter blade, rotatably mounted to the main body to move between a covered position, in which the shutter blade is disposed over the shutter opening, and an uncovered position, in which the shutter blade is not disposed over the shutter opening, wherein the flash contacts are in the open position and the plate is in the first position when the shutter blade is in the covered position and the flash contacts are urged to the closed position and the plate to the second position as the shutter blade rotates to the uncovered position.