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Daytime strobo apparatus for cameras with electric shutters

US4079389A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 29, 1976
Grant dateMar 14, 1978
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Expiry dateJul 29, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2215/0514
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A daytime strobo apparatus is provided for a camera which includes an electric shutter, and a control circuit which controls the operation of the electric shutter in accordance with the amount of light incident on a photoelectric transducer element and which is operatively associated with or internally houses a strobo unit. The strobo apparatus comprises a strobo decision circuit in the control circuit which is responsive to the photoelectric transducer element, a decision level adjusting circuit for adjusting an input level from the transducer element to the decision circuit, an X-contact drive circuit responsive to the decision circuit, and the above strobo unit. The apparatus is operative to energize the strobo unit at a timing subsequent to the initiation of operation of the electric shutter which is determined by the operation of the various circuits.

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