Electronically controlled camera
AssigneeAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakeo Kobayshi, Yasushi Tabata, Norio Numako, Katsutoshi Nagai
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Abstract
In an electronically controlled camera capable of being operated in an automatic release mode in which a plurality of shootings can be automatically executed, when the number of shootings to be executed, the interval time between each shooting is automatically set in accordance with the set number of shootings to be executed.
Claims20
A camera system including a control unit for controlling a camera capable of being operated in an automatic release mode in which a plurality of shootings can be automatically executed, said control unit comprising:
- means for setting the number of shootings to be executed by said camera while in said automatic release mode;
- and
- means for automatically setting an interval time between each shooting in accordance with said number of shootings to be executed.
A method for controlling operation of a camera capable of being operated in an automatic release mode in which a plurality of shootings can be automatically executed, said method comprising:
- initiating the automatic release mode;
- setting the number of shootings to be executed by the camera;
- and
- automatically setting the interval time between each shooting of the camera in accordance with the number of shootings to be executed as set in said setting step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.