Camera

A camera, comprising:

• a focal point detection device that detects a focal point adjustment state of a photographic lens in each focal point detection region of a plurality of focal point detection regions set inside a photographic field;
• a photographic field changing section that shades a range of part of the photographic field so that the remainder of the photographic field is recorded to silver halide film;
• a region changing section that changes focal point detection regions according to the shaded range;
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• a focal point adjustment device that carries out focal point adjustment of the photographic lens based on focal point detection results for the focal point detection regions that have been changed.

A camera, comprising:

• a focal point detection device that detects a focal point adjustment state of a photographic lens in each focal point detection region of a plurality of focal point detection regions set inside a photographic field;
• an optical viewfinder through which a subject is looked;
• a monitor that displays a position of each of the focal point detection regions superimposed on a subject image taken using image-capturing elements;
• a region selecting member that manually selects an arbitrary focal point detection region from within the plurality of focal point detection regions;
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• a focal point adjustment device operating in a manual region selection focal point adjustment mode, that carries out focal point adjustment of the photographic lens based on focal point detection results for the focal point detection regions manually selected using said region selection member;
• a sensing section that senses a non-used state of said monitor;
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• a prohibiting section that prohibits manual selection of focal point detection regions by said region selection member when the non-used state of said monitor is detected.

A camera, comprising:

• a focal point detection device that detects a focal point adjustment state of a photographic lens in each focal point detection region of a plurality of focal point detection regions set inside a photographic field;
• an optical viewfinder through which a subject is looked;
• a monitor that displays a position of each of the focal point detection regions superimposed on a subject image taken using an image-capturing element;
• a region selecting member that manually selects an arbitrary focal point detection region from within the plurality of focal point detection regions;
• a focal point adjustment device operating in a manual region selection focal point adjustment mode, that carries out focal point adjustment of the photographic lens based on focal point detection results for the focal point detection regions manually selected using said region selection member;
• a sensing section that senses that a photograph is being taken using said optical viewfinder;
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• a prohibiting section that prohibits manual selection of focal point detection regions by said region selection member when it is sensed that a photograph is being taken using said optical viewfinder.