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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6122451 | Setting apparatus for camera A setting apparatus for a camera includes a first switch having a plurality of stop positions; a second switch; and a shutter speed setting device which can select a desired shutter speed from a plurality of shutter speeds set at predetermined steps in ac... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5678067 | Motion compensation device having stabilizing motion detection unit that does not inhibit imaging operations in an imaging unit A motion compensation device includes a detection unit detecting an amount of motion about a camera, a photographic preparatory operation commencement instruction unit generating a first instruction to commence photographic preparatory operations includin... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5634149 | Control circuit and method for controlling the operation of a camera having a B shutter operating mode A control circuit for operating a camera in the B shutter mode includes a microcontroller for computing an appropriate film exposure time period based on a measurement of ambient light in a scene to be photographed. Under the control of a user-actuated sh... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5122824 | Camera A camera comprises an exposure device for making an exposure; a signal receiving circuit for receiving a remote-control signal; and a control circuit for a bulb exposure. The control circuit is arranged to cause the exposure device to begin the exposure i... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4647176 | External display device for camera An external display device for displaying photographic information of varied kinds for a camera uses a numerical display part for selectively displaying numerical photographic information of different kinds and a photography mode display part for displayi... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4629305 | Automatic exposure camera An automatic exposure camera in which any one of four modes, specifically, an aperture-priority automatic exposure mode, a shutter-speed-priority automatic exposure mode, a programmed automatic exposure mode and a manual exposure mode, can be readily set ... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4582413 | Indicating apparatus for a camera The present invention relates to a camera capable of both bulb and self-timer photography. The feature of the present invention is that the indicating mode for indicating the time of the self-timer is made different from that of the bulb exposure when bul... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4297013 | Coordinating control system for camera A digital system for controlling coordination of the various portions of the camera to operate in selected modes including the automatic and bulb modes is provided with signal forming means comprising a count start switch and a bulb control switch connect... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4227787 | Bulb photographing control system for an electric shutter camera When an electric shutter camera is set at a bulb photographing mode, which camera has an electro-magnetic release which places a photo-sensing circuit in an active state by a photo-sensing switch associated with a first stroke of a shutter button and prov... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4079397 | Control circuit for motor-drive cameras A circuit is disclosed for controlling the drive motor of a motor driven camera in a single frame shot mode, A continuous shooting mode and a bulb mode. The circuit includes provision for controlling the camera from a plurality of positions. A release cir... | 03/14/1978 |
| 3973268 | Camera with automatic film advance A camera which is capable of being operated, at the option of the operator, either continuously to make a series of exposures in an automatic manner or in a single-exposure manner according to which the operator may make a single-exposure. In the continuo... | 08/03/1976 |
