Patent ID: 7391966

Claim:
A camera, comprising: a body having a front and a rear; a film plane located adjacent the rear of the body; an intermediate focal plane located a predetermined distance in front of the film plane, the intermediate focal plane having a first depth of field; a first lens located in front of the intermediate focal plane, the first lens having an optical axis and adapted to focus light from an image onto the image-receiving screen; a pair of lens elements arranged in tandem, one behind the other along their optical axis and located at the intermediate focal plane and adapted to receive light from the image; where the optical axis of the pair of lens elements is substantially normal to the lens surfaces and passes substantially through their centers; drive motor coupled to at least one of the pair of lens elements for selectively displacing at least one of the lens elements of the pair of lens elements to cause received light from the image to de-focus and create a de-focused image; and a second lens locate between said intermediate focal plane and said film plane, said second lens adapted to focus said selectively de-focused image onto said film plane.