Camera having information setting apparatus

Abstract

A camera having an information setting apparatus which sets information such as the shutter speed, the aperture value, and the ISO speed of the film, and its purpose is to be able to quickly and accurately perform a manual setting of the information value desired by a photographer to an automatically set information value or to the proximity of the information value. The camera information setting apparatus has a detection unit which detects the external information used during picture taking, an automatic setting unit which automatically sets information related to picture taking based on external information, and a manual setting unit which can be externally controlled and which sets information related to picture taking through manual control. The camera information setting apparatus is also equipped with a comparator which compares the information set by the automatic setting unit and the information set by the manual setting unit and a modification unit which modifies the variation in information settings with respect to the control input to the manual setting unit based on the results of the comparison by the comparator.

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