Patent ID: 8104906

Claim:
An electronic flash apparatus comprising: a flash device; a light emitting device which is different from the flash device; a concave reflector configured to reflect light beams from the flash device and the light emitting device, the concave reflector including a flash-device reflecting surface configured to reflect the light beams from the flash device and a light-emitting-device reflecting surface configured to reflect the light beams from the light emitting device, the flash device being disposed inside the concave reflector, the light-emitting-device reflecting surface being disposed at a position where a light path of the light beams from the flash device does not exist, and the light emitting device being disposed outside the concave reflector; and a light guiding member having a light entering portion and a light exiting portion, the light exiting portion including a foremost end reflecting surface; wherein the concave reflector has a first side and a second side that face each other, and the light emitting device and the light guiding member are disposed outside the first side of the reflector; wherein the light guiding member extends more forward than a front edge of the concave reflector, so that the foremost end reflecting surface is positioned beyond a front end of the first side of the concave reflector; and wherein the light guiding member is configured to guide the light beams from the light emitting device by allowing the light beams to enter the light entering portion and reflecting the light beams by the foremost end reflecting surface to direct the light beams to exit from the light exiting portion and be reflected by the light-emitting-device reflecting surface positioned inside the concave reflector.