Camera
US6327440A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 18, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B1/50
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A camera capable of taking pictures selectively in a standard or full size frame and a panorama frame having a reduced vertical dimension. This camera includes vertically movable light-shielding members for partly light-shielding an exposure range of the standard frame to set an exposure range of the panorama frame. When the panorama frame is selected, a warning is given on a display provided on the camera body to the effect that a date and other photographic information cannot be recorded on pictures taken in the panorama frame. The shutter of the camera includes an electronic device for detecting an amount of light traveling from a photographic object to which light is flashed. Output of this device is used for suitably controlling exposure for photography in the standard and panorama frames.
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