1989-07-10
1990-05-29
Perkey, W. B.
354421, 354422, 354236, G03B 700, G03B 1503
Patent
active
049299778
ABSTRACT:
In a camera having a lens shutter and a focal-plane shutter accomplishing the operations of programed exposure and aperture control, a flash photography changeover device includes a first changeover circuit for setting a lens shutter mode for operating the lens shutter as a programed shutter or a focal-plane shutter mode for controlling the shutter speed by the focal-plane shutter and the aperture by the lens shutter; a first driving device for controlling the programed exposure value and/or the aperture value of the lens shutter; a second driving device for controlling the shutter speed of the focal-plane shutter; a sequence control circuit for controlling the operating timings of the two driving devices; a setting circuit for selecting and setting automatic exposures with a natural light and a flash light; and a coercive changeover circuit for setting the lens shutter mode irrespective of the setting of the first changeover circuit when the setting circuit is set to the automatic exposure with the flash light. The setting circuit and the coercive changeover circuit may be replaced by a determining circuit for detecting and determining a limit shutter speed at which the focal-plane shutter is synchronized with the flash light; and a coercive changeover circuit for setting the lens shutter mode irrespective of the setting of the first changeover circuit for setting the shutter mode, when the determining circuit determines that the shutter speed exceeds the limit speed.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3635142 (1972-01-01), Ataka et al.
patent: 4166685 (1979-09-01), Hashimoto et al.
Akimoto Kazuo
Hayakawa Teruyo
Ishikawa Tadashi
Ito Kanji
Kawai Michio
Perkey W. B.
Seikosha Co. Ltd.
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