1. An outerwear garment comprising:
an inner shell adapted for independent wear and having first closure means at first front edges thereof and first fastening means spaced from said first front edges on an outer surface of said inner shell, said first closure means closing said first front edges of said inner shell; and
an insulated outer shell having greater insulating properties than said inner shell and including second closure means, said second closure means being engageable with said first fastening means for removably fastening said insulated outer shell to said inner shell overtop thereof, to provide more insulation to said inner shell without requiring removal thereof by a user.
2. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 1, wherein said second closure means comprises at least two opposed fastening elements capable of mutual, mating engagement and of engagement with said second closure means, each of said opposed fastening elements being disposed on respective second front edges of said insulated outer shell.
3. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 2, wherein said first fastening means comprises at least two opposed fastening elements for mating engagement with said second closure means.
4. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 3, wherein said first fastening means and said second closure means comprise slide fastener closures.
5. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 2, wherein said insulated outer shell is adapted for independent wear, and said opposed fastening elements of said second closure means are capable of mutual mating engagement to close said insulated outer shell when worn alone.
6. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 1, wherein said first closure means of said inner shell provides closure of said outerwear garment when said insulated outer shell is fastened to said inner shell.
7. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 1, wherein said first closure means comprises a slide fastener closure.
8. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 1, wherein said outerwear garment is an outdoor sports jacket.
9. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 8, wherein said outdoor sports jacket is one of a snowmobile jacket and a motorcycle jacket.
10. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 8, wherein said outdoor sports jacket is a winter outdoor sports jacket.
11. An outerwear garment comprising an inner shell having first closure means at first front edges thereof and first fastening means spaced from said first front edges on an outer surface of said inner shell; said inner shell being adapted for removable engagement with an insulated outer shell having greater insulating properties than said inner shell, said insulated outer shell having second closure means engageable with said first fastening means for removably fastening said insulated outer shell to said inner shell overtop thereof, to provide more insulation to said inner shell without requiring removal thereof by a user.
12. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 11, wherein said second closure means comprises at least two opposed fastening elements capable of mutual mating engagement and of engagement with said second closure means, each of said opposed fastening elements being disposed on respective second front edges of said insulated outer shell.
13. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 12, wherein said first fastening means comprises at least two opposed fastening elements for mating engagement with said second closure means.
14. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 13, wherein said first fastening means and said second closure means comprise slide fastener closures.
15. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 12, wherein said insulated outer shell is adapted for independent wear, and said opposed fastening elements of said second closure means are capable of mutual mating engagement to close said insulated outer shell when worn alone.
16. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 11, wherein said first closure means of said inner shell provides closure of said outerwear garment when said insulated outer shell is fastened to said inner shell.
17. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 11, wherein said first closure means comprises a slide fastener closure.
18. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 11, wherein said outerwear garment is an outdoor sports jacket.
19. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 18, wherein said outdoor sports jacket is one of a snowmobile jacket and a motorcycle jacket.
20. The outerwear garment as defined in claim 18, wherein said outdoor sports jacket is a winter outdoor sports jacket.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
We claim:
1. A camera support device comprising:
means for attaching a camera fitted or capable of being fitted with a first lens, and
means for rotating around an axis having means for attaching an adapter lens, particularly a panoramic adapter lens, arranged to hold the adapter lens in line with the first lens without the need to attach the adapter lens to the camera.
2. The support device according to claim 1, wherein the means for attaching a camera and the means for attaching an adapter lens are arranged to hold the adapter lens in a position such that the axis of rotation of the support device is located substantially in the nodal plane of the front lens of the adapter lens.
3. The support device according to claim 1, further comprising a spring-back system configured to push the adapter lens in a direction corresponding to the location of the front lens of the first lens.
4. The support device according to claim 1, further comprising a mobile component and means for attaching the adapter lens to the mobile component, the mobile component being slidably mounted and pushed by an elastic means in a direction corresponding to the location of the front lens of the first lens.
5. The support device according to claim 4, wherein the mobile component is a socket receiving all or part of the adapter lens.
6. The support device according to claim 4, wherein the mobile component comprises an outgrowth or a rim on its back face intended to come into contact with a peripheral front part of the first lens, so that the back lens of the adapter lens and the front lens of the first lens are not in contact.
7. The support device according to claim 1, comprising an optical guide configured to guide front light to a light-sensitive cell of the camera.
8. The support device according to claim 1, comprising a compass arranged in a plane substantially below the attachment area of the adapter lens, so that the compass appears in the lower part of an exposure when the adapter lens is a panoramic lens.
9. The support device according to claim 8, wherein the compass comprises a face having an artificial color designed to be distinguished from the natural colors of an exposure during a computer image analysis aiming to find the location of the compass in an image.
10. The support device according to claim 9, wherein the compass comprises a needle comprising a color that contrasts highly with the color of the face on a first north or south half and a color substantially identical to the color of the face on a second south or north half, so as to be distinguished from the face during a computer image analysis aiming to find the location of the needle.
11. The support device according to claim 8, wherein the compass has a center part in a dark color such that the face of the compass forms a colored ring the shape of which facilitates the detection of the face during a computer image analysis aiming to find the location of the face.
12. The support device according to claim 8, further comprising a tongue arranged in a plane substantially below the attachment area of the adapter lens, and means for arranging the tongue either in a visible position where the tongue appears in the lower part of an exposure when the adapter lens is a panoramic lens, or in a hidden position where the tongue does not appear in the exposure.
13. The support device according to claim 12, wherein the tongue extends over a compass face and is of a color that contrasts highly with a face color so as to facilitate the detection of the tongue during a computer image analysis aiming to find the location of the tongue.
14. The support device according to claim 12, wherein the tongue is rotatably mounted around an axis coaxial to the axis of rotation of the support device.
15. The support device according to claim 1, further comprising a color-grading component including at least three samples of colors, arranged in a plane substantially below the attachment plane of the adapter lens and appearing in the lower part of an exposure when the adapter lens is a panoramic lens.
16. The support device according to claim 14, wherein the color-grading component is circular and concentric to the face of a compass.
17. A Photography kit for taking wide-angle photographs comprising:
a camera support device according to claim 1, with an axis of rotation,
a camera fitted or capable of being fitted with a first lens, and
a panoramic adapter lens,
the support device being shaped so that the nodal plane of the front lens of the adapter lens is substantially in line with the axis of rotation of the support device without the need to make any particular adjustment or conduct any tests to correct parallax errors.
18. A method for taking wide-angle photographs by means of a camera fitted or capable of being fitted with a first lens and by means of a panoramic adapter lens, the method comprising:
providing a support device of the camera comprising means for rotating around an axis, means for attaching the camera and means for attaching the adapter lens, the means for attaching the adapter lens being arranged to hold the adapter lens in line with the first lens without the need to attach the adapter lens to the camera,
attaching the camera onto the support device, and
attaching the adapter lens onto the support device.
19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising:
fitting the support device with a spring-back system to push the adapter lens in a direction corresponding to the location of the front lens of the first lens.
20. The method according to claim 18, comprising a step of fitting the support device with an optical guide configured to guide front light to a light-sensitive cell of the camera.
21. The method according to claim 18, further comprising:
shaping the support device so that the axis of rotation of the support device is located substantially in the nodal plane of the front lens of the adapter lens.
22. The method according to claim 18, further comprising:
fitting the support device with a compass arranged in a plane substantially below the attachment area of the adapter lens so that the compass appears in the lower part of an exposure when the adapter lens is a panoramic lens.
23. The method according to claim 18, further comprising:
fitting the support device with a tongue arranged in a plane substantially below the attachment area of the adapter lens and means for arranging the tongue in a position where the tongue appears in the lower part of an exposure when the adapter lens is a panoramic lens.
24. The method according to claim 18, further comprising:
fitting the support device with a color-grading component comprising at least three primary colors, the grading component being arranged in a plane substantially below the attachment plane of the adapter lens so that the color-grading component appears in the lower part of an exposure when the adapter lens is a panoramic lens.