Strobe light photographing system

A camera which controls a strobe light to execute preliminary emission before main emission, comprising:

• a photometry unit which splits light reflected by an object to be photographed by preliminary emission into a plurality of regions and performs photometry;
• a unit which generates first photometry data from a photometry value obtained in a predetermined photometry region out of a plurality of photometry values obtained by said photometry unit;
• a unit which acquires object distance information on a distance to the object;
• a unit which generates proper second photometry data corresponding to the object distance information;
• a unit which generates third photometry data from the first photometry data, the second photometry data, and a contribution corresponding to the object distance information and a precision of the object distance information;
• and
• a control unit which controls an main emission amount and performs strobe light photographing on the basis of the third photometry data.

A method for controlling a strobe light of a camera to execute preliminary emission before main emission, comprising the steps of:

• performing photometry by splitting light reflected by an object to be photographed by preliminary emission into a plurality of regions;
• generating first photometry data from a photometry value obtained in a predetermined photometry region out of a plurality of photometry values obtained by said photometry step;
• acquiring object distance information on a distance to the object;
• generating proper second photometry data corresponding to the object distance information;
• generating third photometry data from the first photometry data, the second photometry data, and a contribution corresponding to the object distance information and a precision of the object distance information;
• and
• controlling an main emission amount and performs strobe light photographing on the basis of the third photometry data.