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US 5,895,128 AGranted
Electronic flash and a camera provided with the same
AssigneeMinolta Co., Ltd.
InventorsTsuyoshi Kishimoto, Masataka Hamada
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Abstract
An electronic flash includes a primary emission unit for emitting flash light for illuminating an object, an auxiliary emission unit for emitting light having a different color temperature from the flash light; and a controller for controlling emission of the auxiliary emission unit to adjust the color temperature of illumination light to the object. This electronic flash makes it possible to change the color temperature of illumination light to an object quickly and easily.
Claims19
An electronic flash comprising:
- a primary emission unit which emits flash light for illuminating an object;
- an auxiliary emission unit which emits light having a different color temperature from the flash light emitted by the primary emission unit to the object;
- and
- a controller which controls emission of the auxiliary emission unit when the primary emission unit emits flash light to adjust the color temperature of illumination light to the object.
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A camera comprising:
- an electronic flash which emits flash light for illuminating an object for photography;
- an auxiliary illumination unit which emits light having a different color temperature from the flash light emitted by the electronic flash to the object;
- and
- a controller which controls emission of the auxiliary emission unit when the electronic flash emits flash light to adjust the color temperature of illumination light to the object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.