Strobe control apparatus of camera
AssigneeAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoshi Takami
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Abstract
A strobe control apparatus for a strobe-incorporated camera. A light emitter is supported in a camera body by a supporting mechanism so as to move between a retracted position and an operative position. A drive mechanism moves the light emitter between the retracted position and the operative position. A light emitter controller drives the drive mechanism to move the light emitter to the operative position, and an emission controller controls the strobe to emit strobe light when the light emitter is in the operative position.
Claims15
A strobe control apparatus for a strobe-incorporated camera, comprising:
- a light emitter that is supported in a camera body by a supporting mechanism, said light emitter being movable between a retracted position and an operative position;
- an auxiliary light emitter that emits a contrast pattern towards an object to be photographed, said auxiliary light emitter being movable between said retracted position and said operative position together with said light emitter;
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- a drive mechanism for moving said light emitter and said auxiliary light emitter between said retracted position and said operative position in response to an occurrence of a predetermined condition, said light emitter being controlled to emit light in response to said predetermined condition, wherein said auxiliary light emitter serves as a self-timer indicator to indicate a self-timer operation when said drive mechanism moves said light emitter and said auxiliary light emitter to said operative position in self-timer mode.
A strobe control apparatus for a strobe light emitter incorporated camera, comprising:
- an auxiliary light emitter that emits a contrast pattern towards an object to be photographed, said auxiliary light emitter also serving as a self-timer indicator to indicate said self-timer operation, said auxiliary light emitter being movable between a retracted position and an operative position;
- a drive mechanism for moving said auxiliary light emitter between said retracted position and said operative position, said auxiliary light emitter serving as said self-timer indicator to indicate said self-timer operation when said drive mechanism moves said auxiliary light emitter to said operative position, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a self-timer operation observing means that is provided on a camera body of said camera so that said self-timer indicator is observable by an object to be photographed even when said auxiliary light emitter, serving as said self-timer indicator, is in said retracted position.
A strobe control apparatus for a strobe light emitter incorporated into a camera body comprising:
- auxiliary light emitting means for projecting a light pattern onto an object to be photographed for automatic distance measurement;
- said auxiliary light emitting means further comprising means for providing an optical indication of the camera being set in said self-timer mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.