Camera with two position strobe

Claim 1

A photographic camera comprising: a housing; an objective lens mounted in a wall of said housing for directing image-bearing light toward a film unit supported at a focal plane within said housing, said objective lens having an optical axis which defines a first axis; means for initiating a photographic exposure cycle; means for measuring the intensity of ambient light reflected from a scene; and a source of artificial illumination having a second axis along which artificial illumination is directed toward the scene to be photographed subsequent to actuation of said initiating means, said source being mounted for automatic movement from a first position, wherein said first and second axes are relatively close, for illuminating the scene when said measuring means records an ambient light level being reflected from the scene which exceeds a predetermined value, to a second position, in which the distance between said first and second axes is greater than in said first position, for illuminating the scene when said measuring means records an ambient light level being reflected from the scene which is less than said predetermined value, the intensity of the illumination being directed toward the scene being greater in said second position than in said first position.