Image pickup apparatus and method of controlling the same

Details Image pickup apparatus and method of controlling the same Image pickup apparatus and method of controlling the same

2011-06-07

2011-06-07

Fuller, Rodney E (Department: 2862)

Photography

With object illumination for exposure

Having flash built into camera

C396S179000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07957638

ABSTRACT:
An image pickup apparatus which is capable of achieving excellent moving image shooting even when strobe popup is not successfully performed during moving image shooting. A camera implementing the image pickup apparatus has a strobe that shifts between a retracted position and a service position. When a motor for operating the camera performs reverse rotation, the strobe is driven to the service position. An MPU instructs the motor to drive the strobe to the service position, and determines, based on a signal from a popup position-detecting switch, whether or not the strobe has been normally driven to the service position. When the strobe has not been normally driven to the service position, the MPU performs error handling. The error handling is carried out differently between a case where moving image shooting is being performed and a case where the moving image shooting is not being performed.

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