Method and camera for image capture
US6760545B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 15, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 6, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B2215/05
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A camera and method for image capture at less than a nominal minimum focus distance provide for initiating image capture through a variable aperture at a first aperture size, collecting a predetermined amount of ambient scene light during image capture, initiating closing of the variable aperture, and illuminating a flash unit during closing of the variable aperture at a predetermined restricted second aperture size.
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