Image pickup apparatus and control method of the same
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorDaisuke Kuruma
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Abstract
An image pickup apparatus having a flash unit locating at a storing position or a projecting position, in which either an automatic mode to automatically move the flash unit from the storing position to the projecting position or a manual mode to manually execute the operation can be set. The apparatus includes a first operating unit which selects either the automatic mode or the manual mode and a second operating unit which moves the flash unit from the storing position to the projecting position when the manual mode is selected by the first operating unit. The first and second operating units are provided in close positions.
Claims7
An image pickup apparatus having a flash unit locating at a storing position or a projecting position, in which either an automatic mode to automatically move said flash unit from said storing position to said projecting position or a manual mode to manually execute an operation can be set, comprising:
- a first operating unit selecting either said automatic mode or said manual mode;
- and
- a second operating unit moving said flash unit from the storing position to the projecting position when said manual mode is selected by said first operating unit,
- wherein said first operating unit and said second operating unit are provided in close positions.
An image pickup apparatus having a flash unit locating at a storing position or a projecting position, in which either an automatic mode to automatically move said flash unit from said storing position to said projecting position or a manual mode to manually execute an operation can be set, comprising:
- an operating unit having
- a first function to select either said automatic mode or said manual mode and
- a second function to move said flash unit from the storing position to the projecting position when said manual mode is selected.
A control method of an image pickup apparatus in which either an automatic mode to automatically move a flash unit from a storing position to a projecting position or a manual mode to manually execute an operation can be set, comprising:
- a selecting step of selecting by a first operation whether the movement of said flash unit from said storing position to said projecting position is executed in said automatic mode or in said manual mode;
- and
- a moving step of moving said flash unit from the storing position to the projecting position by a second operation when said manual mode is selected in said selecting step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.