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Automatic exposure control apparatus for single lens reflex camera

US4582412A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 1985
Grant dateApr 15, 1986
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B7/097
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An automatic exposure control apparatus for single lens reflex camera on which can be mounted either a lens adaptable for the automatic aperture control mode or a lens adaptable for the manual aperture control mode irrespective of the mode now being selected for the camera, can detect the type of the mounted lens and, when the mounted lens is of the type adaptable for the manual aperture control mode, it makes the camera forcedly select the manual aperture control mode as the exposure control mode thereof.

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