Camera selects unused flash bulb farthest from taking lens to reduce red-eye effect when camera-to-subject distance within near range
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorBruce Adams Leonard
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Abstract
A camera intended to be used with a multiple flash bulb unit selects an unused flash bulb farthest from the taking lens to reduce a red-eye effect when a near range camera-to-subject distance is chosen and selects an unused flash bulb closest to the taking lens when a far range camera-to-subject distance is selected.
Claims5
A camera intended to be used with a multiple flash bulb unit with different unused flash bulbs being arranged at different distances from said camera, comprising:
- a taking lens;
- and
- means for selecting an unused flash bulb farthest from said taking lens to reduce a red-eye effect only when a camera-to-subject distance does not exceed a predetermined distance.
A camera intended to be used with a multiple flash bulb unit with different unused flash bulbs being arranged at different distances from said camera, comprising:
- a taking lens;
- means for selecting a relatively near range camera-to-subject distance, and for selecting a relatively far range camera-to-subject distance that is greater than the near range camera-to-subject distance;
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- means for selecting an unused flash bulb farthest from said taking lens to reduce a red-eye effect when the near range camera-to-subject distance is selected and for selecting an unused flash bulb closest to said taking lens when the far range camera-to-subject distance is selected.
A camera intended to be used with a multiple flash bulb unit with different unused flash bulbs being arranged at different distances from said camera, comprising:
- a taking lens;
- and
- means for sequentially selecting each remaining unused flash bulb farthest from said taking lens to reduce a red-eye effect when a camera-to-subject distance does not exceed a predetermined distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.