Lens barrel structure for waterproof camera

摘要

A lens barrel for a waterproof or dustproof camera which can assure maintenance of a reliable liquid-tight or airtight condition between a movable lens barrel member and a fixed lens barrel member with a structure of a comparatively small size. The lens barrel comprises a fixed lens barrel member provided on a camera body, a movable lens barrel member mounted for movement on the fixed member between a position advanced outwardly from the camera body and another position retracted in the camera body, and a bellows member secured at an end thereof to an inner periphery of a rear portion of the movable member and at the other thereof to an inner periphery of a rear portion of the fixed member. The bellows member is folded back at an intermediate portion thereof between the movable member and the fixed member in such a manner as to surround a rear end of the movable member, and the folded back portion moves as the movable member is moved between the retracted position and the advanced position.