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Camera unit

Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc
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Filing: 1992-01-22
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Granted: 1993-06-29
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Expires: 2012-01-22
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Abstract

Abstract A camera unit is disclosed. The camera unit is packed in the form of a product comprising a camera and a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material loaded beforehand in the camera. The camera comprises a lens having a focal length of not more than 23 mm, and the light-sensitive material has an ISO speed of not less than 300 and at least one of the emulsion layers of said light-sensitive material has a specified shape in the photographic characteristic curve thereof.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masaru Iwagaki
  • 👤 Atsuo Ezaki
  • 👤 Kazuo Todo

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 23:06
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C7/00; G03C7/30; G03C7/3041; G03B; G03B19/00; G03B19/02; G03B19/04; G03B2219/00; G03B2219/02; G03B2219/04; G03B2219/045

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim 300 words
A camera unit packed in the form of a product comprising a camera and a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material loaded beforehand in said camera, wherein said camera comprises a lens having a focal length of not more than 23 mm, and said light-sensitive material has an ISO speed of not less than 300 and comprises a support having thereon a red-sensitive emulsion layer for forming a cyan image, a green-sensitive emulsion layer for forming a magenta image and a blue-sensitive emulsion layer for forming a yellow image, wherein at least one of said emulsion layers has a photographic characteristic curve satisfying the following requirements, the ratios j 1 =g 1 /h, j 2 =g 2 /h, j 3 =g 3 /h, j 4 =g 4 /h and j 5 =g 5 /h are each 1.00±0.10, wherein g 1 , g 2 , g 3 , g 4 , and g 5 are defined by equations g 1 =(d 1 -d 0 )/0.5, g 2 =(d 2 -d 1 )/0.5, g 3 =(d 3 -d 2 )/0.5, g 4 =(d 4 -d 3 )/0.5, g 5 =(d 5 -d 4 )/0.5; and h is defined by an equation h=(d 5 -d 0 )/2.5, in which d 0 is the density of D min +0.15, D min is the minimum density of said characteristic curve, and d 1 , d 2 , d 3 and d 4 are each densities corresponding to the exposure amounts of log E 1 =log E 0 +0.5, log E 2 =log E 1 +0.5, log E 3 =log E 2 +0.5, log E 4 =log E 3 +0.5 and log E 5 =log E 4 +0.5, respectively, in which E 0 is an exposure amount necessary for forming the density of d 0 .
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 300 words
A camera unit packed in the form of a product comprising a camera and a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material loaded beforehand in said camera, wherein said camera comprises a lens having a focal length of not more than 23 mm, and said light-sensitive material has an ISO speed of not less than 300 and comprises a support having thereon a red-sensitive emulsion layer for forming a cyan image, a green-sensitive emulsion layer for forming a magenta image and a blue-sensitive emulsion layer for forming a yellow image, wherein at least one of said emulsion layers has a photographic characteristic curve satisfying the following requirements, the ratios j 1 =g 1 /h, j 2 =g 2 /h, j 3 =g 3 /h, j 4 =g 4 /h and j 5 =g 5 /h are each 1.00±0.10, wherein g 1 , g 2 , g 3 , g 4 , and g 5 are defined by equations g 1 =(d 1 -d 0 )/0.5, g 2 =(d 2 -d 1 )/0.5, g 3 =(d 3 -d 2 )/0.5, g 4 =(d 4 -d 3 )/0.5, g 5 =(d 5 -d 4 )/0.5; and h is defined by an equation h=(d 5 -d 0 )/2.5, in which d 0 is the density of D min +0.15, D min is the minimum density of said characteristic curve, and d 1 , d 2 , d 3 and d 4 are each densities corresponding to the exposure amounts of log E 1 =log E 0 +0.5, log E 2 =log E 1 +0.5, log E 3 =log E 2 +0.5, log E 4 =log E 3 +0.5 and log E 5 =log E 4 +0.5, respectively, in which E 0 is an exposure amount necessary for forming the density of d 0 .
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 14 words
The camera unit of claim 1, wherein said lens has a structure of 2-group-2-element.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 34 words
The camera unit of claim 2, wherein said lens comprises a first lens having a negative refractive index and a second lens having a positive refractive index and has one or more aspherical planes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 18 words
The camera unit of claim 1, wherein at least one element of said lens is a plastic lens.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 25 words
The camera unit of claim 1, wherein said camera unit has a fixed diaphragm for making a F-number of said lens to 12.5 or more.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 36 words
The camera unit of claim 1, wherein said unit has a fixed diaphragm for making a F-number of said lens to 12.5 or more and at least one element of said lens is a plastic lens
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 33 words
The camera unit of claim 1, wherein wherein said unit has a fixed diaphragm for making a F-number of said lens to 12.5 or more and said camera has a structure of 2-group-2-element.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 21 words
The camera unit of claim 1, wherein the shortest object distance of said camera unit is not longer than 80 mm.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 24 words
The camera unit of claim 1, wherein said unit has a a view finder having a visual field rate of not less than 90%.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 39 words
The camera unit of claim 1, wherein said unit has a a view finder having a visual field rate of not less than 90% and the shortest object distance of said camera unit is not longer than 80 mm.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 39 words
The camera unit of claim 1, wherein said camera unit comprises a camera part a cartridge part, and said cartridge part is attachable to and detachable from said camera part and serve as the backlid of said camera part.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 15 words
The camera unit of claim 1, wherein said camera unit has an electronic flash lamp.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 371 words
A camera unit packed in the form of a product comprising a camera and a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material loaded beforehand in said camera, wherein said camera comprises a 2 group-2element lens having a focal length of not more than 23mm and a view finder having a visual field rate of not less than 90%, and the shortest object distance of said camera unit is not longer than 80 mm, in which said lens comprises a first lens having a negative refractive index and a second lens having a positive refractive index and at least one of which has aspherical planes and at least one of which is a plastic lens, and said light-sensitive material has an ISO speed of not less than 300 and comprises a support having thereon a red-sensitive emulsion layer for forming a cyan image, a green-sensitive emulsion layer for forming a magenta image and a blue-sensitive emulsion layer for forming a yellow image, wherein at least one of said emulsion layers has a photographic characteristic curve satisfying the following requirements, the ratios j 1 =g 1 /h, j 2 =g 2 /h, j 3 =g 3 /h, j 4 =g r /h and j 5 =g 5 /h are each 1.00±0.10, wherein g 1 , g 2 , g 3 , g 4 , and g 5 are defined by equations g 1 =(d 1 -d 0 )/0.5, g 2 =(d 2 -d 1 )/0.5, g 3 =(d 3 -d 2 )/0.5, g 4 =(d 4 -d 3 )/0.5, g 5 =(d 5 -d 4 )/0.5; and h is defined by an equation h=(d 5 -d 0 )/2.5, in which d 0 is the density of D min +0.15, D min is the minimum density of said characteristic curve, and d 1 , d 2 , d 3 and d 4 are each densities corresponding to the exposure amounts of log E 1 =log E 0 +0.5, log E 2 =log E 1 +0.5, log E 3 =log E 2 +0.5, log E 4 =log E 3 +0.5 and log E 5 =log E 4 +0.5, respectively, in which E 0 is an exposure amount necessary for forming the density of d 0 .
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 371 words
A camera unit packed in the form of a product comprising a camera and a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material loaded beforehand in said camera, wherein said camera comprises a 2 group-2element lens having a focal length of not more than 23mm and a view finder having a visual field rate of not less than 90%, and the shortest object distance of said camera unit is not longer than 80 mm, in which said lens comprises a first lens having a negative refractive index and a second lens having a positive refractive index and at least one of which has aspherical planes and at least one of which is a plastic lens, and said light-sensitive material has an ISO speed of not less than 300 and comprises a support having thereon a red-sensitive emulsion layer for forming a cyan image, a green-sensitive emulsion layer for forming a magenta image and a blue-sensitive emulsion layer for forming a yellow image, wherein at least one of said emulsion layers has a photographic characteristic curve satisfying the following requirements, the ratios j 1 =g 1 /h, j 2 =g 2 /h, j 3 =g 3 /h, j 4 =g r /h and j 5 =g 5 /h are each 1.00±0.10, wherein g 1 , g 2 , g 3 , g 4 , and g 5 are defined by equations g 1 =(d 1 -d 0 )/0.5, g 2 =(d 2 -d 1 )/0.5, g 3 =(d 3 -d 2 )/0.5, g 4 =(d 4 -d 3 )/0.5, g 5 =(d 5 -d 4 )/0.5; and h is defined by an equation h=(d 5 -d 0 )/2.5, in which d 0 is the density of D min +0.15, D min is the minimum density of said characteristic curve, and d 1 , d 2 , d 3 and d 4 are each densities corresponding to the exposure amounts of log E 1 =log E 0 +0.5, log E 2 =log E 1 +0.5, log E 3 =log E 2 +0.5, log E 4 =log E 3 +0.5 and log E 5 =log E 4 +0.5, respectively, in which E 0 is an exposure amount necessary for forming the density of d 0 .

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