Flash in Camera Viewfinder
Flash in Camera Viewfinder
Camera designers try to keep cameras as compact as possible. The electronic flash on consumer cameras in the mid ’70’s was approximately as large as the viewfinder window. While at Kodak, Steve Hines proposed several techniques combining the viewfinder window with the electronic flash, where the electronic flash illuminated the scene through the viewfinder window.
The following patent drawings show several techniques where the electronic flash is reflected, or slid into position, each securely blocking the viewfinder to prevent any light being directed to the photographer’s eye. The flash fires only when a micro switch is closed after the light-blocking device is in place.
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Glendale, California, USA
email: Steve@HinesLab.com