1992-07-30
1995-03-07
Adams, Russell E.
354441, G03B 1336
Patent
active
053963105
ABSTRACT:
A camera includes a light measuring circuit for performing measurement of a luminance of a subject, a computing circuit for performing a computation on an aperture value and/or a shutter speed by using a result of the measurement performed by the light measuring circuit, a switching device for switching the photographic mode of the camera, a locking device for locking the aperture value and/or the shutter speed computed by the computing circuit, and a controlling circuit for causing the computing circuit to compute, if the photographic mode is switched to another photographic mode by the switching device after the aperture value and/or the shutter speed has been locked by the locking device, a new aperture value and/or a new shutter speed corresponding to the aforesaid other photographic mode by using the result of the measurement performed by the light measuring circuit.
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Adams Russell E.
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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