Camera lens system

Claim 1

A CAMERA LENS SYSTEM THAT COMPRISES: (A) A SHUTTER; (B) MEANS FOR MOMENTARILY OPENING SAID SHUTTER TO PERMIT IMAGE TRANSMITTING LIGHT WAVES TO IMPINGE UPON THE SENSITIZED SURFACE OF A FRAME OF FILM; (C) OPTICAL MEANS POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID SHUTTER AND SAID FILM FOR DISPLACING THE LIGHT WAVES FROM THE AXIS OF THE SHUTTER; (D) SAID OPTICAL MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST REFLECTIVE DEVICE HAVING A FIRST REFLECTIVE SURFACE POSITIONED IN A PLANE EXTENDING OBLIQUELY ACROSS THE AXIS OF SAID SHUTTER AND A SECOND REFLECTIVE DEVICE HAVING A SECOND REFLECTIVE SURFACE IN PARALLEL, OPPOSED, SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP TO SAID FIRST REFLECTIVE SURFACE; (E) MASKING MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID OPTICAL MEANS TO RESTRICT THE AREA OF A FRAME OF FILM EXPOSED WHEN SAID SHUTTER IS OPEN; (F) MEANS FOR PIVOTABLY ROTATING SAID OPTICAL MEANS ABOUT THE AXIS FO SAID SHUTTER; (G) SAID LAST NAMED MEANS INCLUDING A CIRCULAR GEAR HAVING AN APERTURE THROUGH WHICH SAID LIGHT WAVES PASS, MEANS ATTACHING SAID OPTICAL SYSTEM TO SAID CIRCULAR GEAR AND GEAR DRIVE MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID CIRCULAR GEAR; (H) MEANS TO INDEX SAID OPTICAL SYSTEM AS IT IS ROTATED; (I) MEANS TO INDICATE THE ANGULAR POSITION OF SAID OPTICAL SYSTEM AS SAID OPTICAL SYSTEM IS ROTATED TO DIFFERENT INDEX POSITIONS; AND (J) MEANS EFFECTIVE RESPONSIVE TO ROTATION OF SAID OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR COCKING SAID SHUTTER.