Camera capable of displaying the level of visual effect

Details Camera capable of displaying the level of visual effect Camera capable of displaying the level of visual effect

1999-01-05

2000-08-01

Adams, Russell

Photography

With exposure objective focusing means, focusing aid, or...

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396239, 396291, G03B 1330

Patent

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060978988

ABSTRACT:
A camera is provided with a photographing device for setting various photographing conditions which determine a state of a subject image to be obtained as a picture, the photograph device including an exposure device having a plurality of selectively settable exposure modes for automatically setting at least one exposure value based on brightness of a subject, a mode selector for selecting one of the plurality of exposure modes, a calculations unit for calculating an amount indicative of the state of the subject image in accordance with the photographing conditions set by the photography device, an estimation unit for estimating visual effects which the subject image provides based on the calculated state amount, and a display device for displaying the visual effect corresponding to the exposure mode selected by the mode selection means in accordance with the estimated visual effects. Accordingly, an operator of the camera is allowed to conceive before an exposing operation what the final picture will look like in accordance with the photographing conditions set in a variety of exposure modes.

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