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Camera with a photographic mode automatic selecting apparatus

US5915133A · kind A · utility

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29Claims
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Filing dateApr 10, 1997
Grant dateJun 22, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B17/18
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A camera having a photographic mode automatic selecting apparatus. A photographic mode selecting device selects a photographic mode from a plurality of photographic modes. A photographic distance detecting device detects photographic distance data of a photographic lens. The photographic mode selecting device selects an appropriate photographic mode from the plurality of photographic modes based on the photographic distance data of the photographic lens.

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