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US 4,364,651 AGranted
Exposure ascertaining device for cameras
AssigneeKonishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorFumiaki Hiraike
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AssigneeKonishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorFumiaki Hiraike
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An exposure ascertaining device for cameras, in which the exposure of the film is ascertained on the basis of variations in an output from a photoelectric element disposed in a position where said photoelectric element can receive the incident light passed through a film. An exposure ascertaining device for cameras, comprising a photoelectric element disposed in a position which is away an optical path in which such a part of the incident light that enters the surface of a film and which position permits said photoelectric element to receive such a part of the incident light that advances toward a film-surrounding region of a film-set side of the camera. Another photoelectric element disposed in a position which permits the same photoelectric element to receive the light reflected from the film-surrounding region of the film-set side of the camera. The movements of movable members which are adapted to be moved when the film is exposed are ascertained on the basis of outputs from said photoelectric elements.
In a camera having a plurality of movable, sequentially operable parts controlling the exposure of a film, the combination of a first photoelectric element positioned outside of the normal optical path of incident light impinging upon the surface of a film but responsive to that part of the incident light advancing toward a film-surrounding region of the film-set side of the camera, a second photoelectric element positioned outside of the normal optical path of incident light impinging upon the surface of a film, but responsive to the light reflected from the film-surrounding region of the film-set side of the camera, whereby the outputs of said photoelectric elements are dependent upon the sequential operation of the movable camera parts during exposure of the film, means measuring the outputs of said photoelectric elements, and means responsive to said output measuring means for ascertaining the movement of said movable parts.
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