Camera with a device for directing supplementary light into the imaging lens

Claim 2

A camera having an imaging lens for directing light from a scene to be recorded onto a light sensitive film within the camera, a housing disposed in front of the imaging lens and having an opening to permit light from the field of vision of the lens to reach the lens, an electric light source disposed in the housing outside of the field of vision of the lens, a transparent reflector mounted in the housing in a position in front of the lens such that light from the source is reflected by the reflector through the lens while the light from the scene being photographed passes through the reflector to the lens and at least one coloured filter disposed between the light source and reflector to colour the light directed thereto, wherein the improvement comprises a reflector formed from a curved transparent sheet having a concave reflector surface facing the filter and imaging lens to direct light from the former into the latter and wherein the reflector is formed from clear acrylic plastic.

Claim 3

A camera as claimed in claim 1 wherein reflector is curved in one plane only.

Claim 4

A camera as claimed in claim 1 wherein the reflector is curved in two mutually normal planes.

Claim 5

A camera having an imaging lens for directing light from a scene to be recorded onto a light sensitive film within the camera, a housing disposed in front of the imaging lens and having an opening to permit light from the field of vision of the lens to reach the lens, an electric light source disposed in the housing outside of the field of vision of the lens, a transparent reflector mounted in the housing in a position in front of the lens such that light from the source is reflected by the reflector through the lens while the light from the scene being photographed passes through the reflector to the lens and at least one coloured filter disposed between the light source and reflector to colour the light directed thereto, wherein the improvement comprises a reflector formed from a curved transparent sheet having a concave reflector surface facing the filter and imaging lens to direct light from the former into the latter and wherein the curved reflector lies obliquely to the camera lens, one end of the reflector being closer to the lens than the other end, the filter extends between said other end of the reflector and a location adjacent one side of the lens, and further including a coloured light reflector spaced from the filter on the opposite side of the filter to the transparent light reflector, the coloured light reflector having a flat portion extending parallel to the filter and a concavely curved portion which converges toward the filter at the end of the filter adjacent the lens so that light from said light source is directed onto the colored reflector for reflection through the filter and subsequent reflection by the transparent reflector into the camera lens.

Claim 6

A camera having an imaging lens for directing light from a scene to be recorded onto a light sensitive film within the camera, a housing disposed in front of the imaging lens and having an opening to permit light from the field of vision of the lens to reach the lens, an electric light source disposed in the housing outside of the field of vision of the lens, a transparent reflector mounted in the housing in a position in front of the lens such that light from the source is reflected by the reflector through the lens while the light from the scene being photographed passes through the reflector to the lens and at least one coloured filter disposed between the light source and reflector to colour the light directed thereto, wherein the improvement comprises a reflector formed from a curved transparent sheet having a concave reflector surface facing the filter and imaging lens to direct light from the former into the latter and wherein the curved reflector lies obliquely to the camera lens, one end of the reflector being closer to the lens than the other end, the filter extends between said other end of the reflector and a location adjacent one side of the lens, and further including a coloured light reflector spaced from the filter on the opposite side of the filter to the transparent light reflector, the coloured light reflector having a flat portion extending parallel to the filter and a concavely curved portion which converges toward the filter at the end of the filter adjacent the lens so that light from said light source is directed onto the colored reflector for reflection through the filter and subsequent reflection by the transparent reflector into the camera lens.

Claim 7

A camera as claimed in claim 4 wherein a magnifying lens is provided between the coloured reflector and the transparent reflector.

Claim 8

A camera as claimed in claim 5 wherein the magnifying lens is a Fresnel type lens.