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Camera system including a monitor device

US6393216B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 1997
Grant dateMay 21, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 10, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B17/00
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A camera system includes a camera main body having a photographic device for photographing an image of object to produce image signal and a monitor device separatable from the camera main body. The monitor device is provided with a control portion for controlling the exposure of photographic device in addition to a display portion. The operator can check a photographed image before or after the image is recorded on a film. Also, the monitor device selectively provides a singular display of monitor image for usual shooting and a continuous display of monitor images for serial shooting.

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