Patent ID: 8289436

Claim:
A method for adjusting focus of a camera using a lens system, comprising: attaching the lens system to the camera with a fitting that serves as a sole support for a body of the lens assembly relative to the camera; and reconfiguring the lens assembly from a first configuration to a second configuration by manually flexing the body of the lens assembly, wherein a lens of the lens assembly has a first operative position relative to the camera in the first configuration and a different second operative position relative to the camera in the second configuration, wherein the body is in a rest position in the first configuration and reconfiguring the lens assembly includes manually flexing the body angularly away from the rest position and changing an angular orientation of the lens relative to the camera, and wherein the method further comprises reconfiguring the assembly from the second configuration to the first configuration by allowing the body to resiliently substantially return to the rest position by reducing an amount of manual flexing force applied to the body of the lens assembly.