Camera
US5748998A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 30, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 5, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B3/10
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A camera comprising a mode setting portion in which either mode is set out of a first focusing mode and a second focusing mode; a mode switch; detecting means; focusing means; and focusing mode controlling means for performing such a control, after completion of focusing, that when the period detected by the detecting means is longer than a predetermined period and the second focusing mode is set, or when the first focusing mode is set, the mode is held as it is, and that when the period is shorter than the period and the second focusing mode is set, the mode is switched to the first focusing mode. The present invention provides a camera which permits the user to select either the operation in which the mode change is performed every shot or the operation in which a same mode is continuously maintained, by the period in which the mode switch is kept on.
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