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US 5,210,569 AGranted
Camera having a display which varies according to an exposure control mode
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshihito Harada
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Abstract
A camera includes an exposure control part which permits exposure control either in a first exposure control mode or in a second exposure control mode, a selection member which is movable and is arranged to permit selection of the first exposure control mode or the second exposure control mode on the basis of each position to which the selection member is moved, and a display part which is arranged to change over contents of a display according to the moving position of the selection member. The display part is arranged to display exposure control information when the first exposure control mode is selected and not to display the exposure control information when the second exposure control mode is selected.
Claims35
A camera comprising:
- a) exposure control means arranged to permit exposure control in a first exposure control mode and in a second exposure control mode;
- b) a selection member being movable and arranged to permit selection of either said first exposure control mode or said second exposure control mode on the basis of each position to which said selection member is moved;
- c) display means arranged to change over contents of a display according to a moving position of said selection member, said display means being arranged to display an exposure control value when said first exposure control mode is selected and not to display said exposure control value when said second exposure control mode is selected;
- wherein said selection member is a rotary dial having marks attached thereto indicating various modes respectively, and wherein each of said modes is selectable by rotating said dial to adjust the position of a specific mark to an index, so that a selected mode is discernible by a photographer;
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- wherein a third mark which indicates information irrelative to exposure control is arranged between a first mark which indicates said first exposure control mode and a second mark which indicates said second exposure control mode.
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A camera comprising:
- a) exposure control means arranged to permit exposure control in each mode included in a first exposure control mode group and in each mode included in a second exposure control mode group;
- b) a selection member being movable and arranged to permit selection of either each mode included in said first exposure control mode group or each mode included in said second exposure control mode group;
- c) display means arranged to change over contents of a display according to a moving position of said selection member, said display means being arranged to display an exposure control value when each mode included in said first exposure control mode group is selected and not to display said exposure control value when each mode included in said second exposure control mode group is selected;
- wherein said selection member is a rotary dial having marks attached thereto indicating various modes respectively, and wherein each of said modes is selectable by rotating said dial to adjust the position of a specific mark to an index, so that a selected mode is discernible by a photographer;
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- wherein a third mark which indicates information irrelative to exposure control is arranged between a first group of marks which indicate said first exposure control mode group and a second group of marks which indicate said second exposure control mode group.
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A camera comprising:
- a) exposure control means arranged to permit exposure control in a first exposure control mode and in a second exposure control mode;
- b) a selection member being movable and arranged to permit selection of either said first exposure control mode or said second exposure control mode on the basis of each position to which said selection member is moved;
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- c) display means arranged to change over contents of a display according to a moving position of said selection member, said display means being arranged to display exposure compensation information when said first exposure control mode is selected and not to display said exposure compensation information when said second exposure control mode is selected.
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A camera comprising:
- a) exposure control means arranged to permit exposure control in each mode included in a first exposure control mode group and in each mode included in a second exposure control mode group;
- b) a selection member being movable and arranged to permit selection of either each mode included in said first exposure control mode group or each mode included in said second exposure control mode group;
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- c) display means arranged to change over contents of a display according to a moving position of said selection member, said display means being arranged to display exposure compensation information when each mode included in said first exposure control mode group is selected and not to display said exposure compensation information when each mode included in said second exposure control mode group is selected.
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