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Camera having a strobe unit

US5991549A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 22, 1995
Grant dateNov 23, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 22, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B17/24
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a camera having strobe unit, comprising a strobe flashing unit for emitting illumination light toward an object, a switch for switching states of flashlight emanating from the strobe flashing unit by selecting normal flashlight or flashlight that is effective in alleviating a red-eye phenomenon and that contains less red light than normal flashlight, an information recorder for recording photographic information on film, and a recording control unit for allowing the information recorder to record flashlight selected by the switch.

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