Camera photometry system

A camera including a photometry system for avoiding the problem of smear phenomenon, comprising:

• a photometry part defining a subject field and divided into a first photometry area in a first portion of said photometry part and a second photometry area in a a second portion of said photometry part, said photometry part being positioned in said camera so that said first photometry area receives an image of an object area that is higher throughout than the object area for which said second photometry area receives an image when the camera is held in a normal horizontal photographing position with the image field in the horizontal direction exceeding the image field in the vertical direction;
• a plurality of photometry regions each comprising accumulation-type photoelectric elements in each of said first and second photometry areas;
• a photoelectric mechanism for converting light received by each of said accumulation-type photoelectric elements in said first photometry area and said second photometry area of said photometry part into electrical charges and storing the electrical charges;
• a transmission mechanism for transmitting the electrical charges representing the received light;
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• a brightness value calculator for calculating a brightness value using the transmitted electrical charges.