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`Also, light-emitting unit 10 is rotatably connected to strobe main
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`body 9 at top surface 9a of strobe main body 9.
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`In addition, strobe main
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`body 9 is connected at lower surface 9b thereof to imaging device 1 shown in
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`FIG. 1. At this time, strobe main body 9 is connected to imaging device 1
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`so that front surface 9c of strobe main body 9 faces in shooting direction A
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`(an optical axis direction of an imaging lens) of imaging device 1.
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`Also, light-emitting unit 10 is configured by a housing formed, for
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`example,
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`in
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`an
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`approximately
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`rectangular-shape
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`(including
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`a
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`10
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`rectangular-shape), and is provided at one surface 10a of the housing with
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`opening 17 for emitting light generated by flash discharge tube 11.
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`Light-emitting unit 10 is configured so that illumination direction C in
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`which strobe light is emitted can be changed by changing an angle of
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`opening 17 relative to vertical direction B.
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`Also, variable mechanism 12 is configured, as shown in FIG. 4A and
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`FIG. 4B, by vertical direction variable mechanism 18 and horizontal
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`direction variable mechanism 19, and rotatably connects strobe main body 9
`and light-emitting unit
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`Specifically, vertical direction variable
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`mechanism 18 of variable mechanism 12 is connected so as to be rotatable in
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`vertical direction B about horizontal shaft X disposed along width direction
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`D of strobe main body 9 (see FIG. 3). On the other hand, horizontal
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`direction variable mechanism 19 of variable mechanism 12 is connected so
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`as to be rotatable in horizontal direction F about vertical shaft Y disposed in
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`vertical direction E of strobe main body 9 (height direction: see FIG. 4A).
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`Further, vertical direction variable mechanism 18 of variable
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`mechanism 12 is disposed, as shown in FIG. 4A, so as to be capable of
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`changing an angle of light-emitting unit 10 in vertical direction B.
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