Patent
1992-12-15
1994-11-08
Adams, Russell E.
3542891, 354432, 354474, G03B 708
Patent
active
053631692
ABSTRACT:
A camera is operable in one among a first photographing mode, a second photographing mode and a third photographing mode, and is further selectively operable in one of a plurality of photographing states when the camera operates in the first mode. The camera includes a first manual operation member, a first element responsive to an operation of the first manual operation member for cyclically selecting one of the first, second and third photographing modes in this order, a second manual operation member, and a second element responsive to an operation of the second manual operation member for selecting one of the plurality of photographing states in the first photographing mode. The camera further includes an element that is responsive to the operation of the first manual operation member for changing a photographing mode of the camera from the first photographing mode to the third photographing mode without passing through the second photographing mode when the camera operates in the selected state in the first mode.
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Photo Journal Asahi Camera, Jun. 1990 with Partial English Translation.
Hamada Masataka
Ishida Tokuji
Ootsuka Hiroshi
Ueda Hiroshi
Adams Russell E.
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
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