Camera configured to issue a warning
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorToshiharu Matsuda
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Abstract
This camera includes a display device that displays a photographic condition, and a detection unit that detects a problem related to photography of which a photographer should be warned. When some problem is detected by the detection means, notification thereof is provided via a specification display (a simple warning message) for notifying of the detected problem, for example by blinking an in-viewfinder help mark; and when a specified actuation (for example the depression of a help button) is performed while this specification display is being provided, a warning message (a detailed warning message) that describes in text the details of the problem that has been detected is displayed upon the display device (for example, a liquid crystal monitor).
Claims9
A camera, comprising:
- a first display device;
- a detection unit that detects a problem related to photography of which a photographer should be warned;
- and
- a control unit that causes the first display device to display a simple warning message in text indicating that image recording is impossible when a first problem of image recording being impossible is detected by the detection unit, and that controls the first display device to display a detailed warning message that describes in text details of the first problem when a specified actuation is performed by the photographer while the simple warning message is being displayed on the first display device, with a content of the detailed warning message being in more detail than a content of the simple warning message.
A camera according to claim 9, wherein the first display device is provided on a rear surface of the camera.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.