Title:
LENS BARREL AND CAMERA
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2003029124
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a lens barrel, in which at least a part of a lens is moved by a motor and the driving of which will not be hindered by fingers or the like of a photographer.
A finger detecting switch 15 and a contact member 16 are provided at interstices between the end face 1d of a fixed barrel 1 and the end face 12d of a moving frame 12, and when the finger detecting switch 15 detects that the finger is caught in the interstices during autofocus driving, strong force is prevented from acting on a driving part by stopping the autofocus driving.
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Inventors:
KATAGISHI YUICHI
Application Number:
JP2001216874A
Publication Date:
January 29, 2003
Filing Date:
July 17, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NIKON CORP
International Classes:
G02B7/08; G03B17/18; (IPC1-7): G02B7/08; G03B17/18
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hisao Kamata