Camera having autofocus apparatus
US5740478A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 14, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B7/28
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A camera having an autofocus apparatus for multi-spot focus detection. Particularly, a camera is provided in such an arrangement that selection operation members for selecting an arbitrary area from a plurality of focus detection areas by a manual operation are provided at positions where a photographer can operate it readily with a finger while holding the camera in a lateral posture or in a vertical posture and that selection information selected through one operation member out of the above two operation members depending upon a holding condition of the camera, is validated, thereby improving the operability.
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