Inspection camera

Claim 1

An inspection camera including: a funnel-shaped, lightsealed, photographic chamber having an open small end with an exterior cylindrical shape adapted to be matingly fitted on an engine spark plug hole, and a large end; photographic film carried in a plane in said chamber large end on which images received through said lens means can be focused; said photographic chamber being angled between its small end and its large end so that the axis of the image pathway received through said lens means strikes an interior side wall and a mirror is mounted on said interior side wall positioned to reflect images received through said lens means onto the plane of the photographic film; a translucent diffuser ring surrounding said lens means adjacent to the open small end of said chamber; at least one enclosed light reflector tunnel connected with said diffuser ring; photographic lighting means mounted within said light reflector tunnel positioned to provide illumination through said diffusor ring which is directed to flare out substantially evenly around the axis of the image pathway through the lens means toward the object area being photographed; a shutter means within said photographic chamber normally blocking light entering said open small end; trigger means for selectively opening said shutter for predetermined amounts of time; and electrical circuits means connecting said trigger means and said photographic lighting means to synchronize the shutter and the lighting means.