Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Fujifilm Corporation

Haruo Soeda

Masamichi Sato

Takashi Kubo

Yasuo Nagashima

Yoshiki Kawaoka

Makoto Tsugita

Hiroyuki Yoshinaga

An image outputting system that can keep the printed image quality always in good condition by correcting printing color tone based on printing color correcting information received via a network. The image outputting system comprises: an image outputting apparatus including a flat-bed scanner for reading an image, printers for printing the image, a network interface or a modem connectable with external devices via a network, and a correcting device for correcting printing color tone based on printing color correcting information received via the network; and a network server connected to the network for sending the printing color correcting information to the image outputting apparatus via the network. Thus, the network server controls the printing unit based on status information acquired from the image outputting apparatus and always keep the printed image quality in good condition.

Image outputting system

The present invention relates to a video camera having a stroboscopic flash, and a method of photographing a subject with the video tape recorder. The video camera includes a strobe device for illuminating the subject with a flashing light, a movie photographing trigger serving as a movie photographing button, a still photographing trigger for initiating still photography, an image processing unit for energizing the movie photographing trigger so as to measure light quantity from the subject during a movie photography operation, and a control unit for determining based on information about the light quantity measured by the image processing unit whether or not strobe photography is required during a still photography operation. According to the above construction, the strobe photography can automatically and immediately be performed upon the still photography operation when the still photography is initiated in the course of the movie photography. When it is desired to still-photograph the subject with the automatic flashing light of the strobe device, the level at which the strobe device has been charged can reliably be confirmed by using a display unit in a viewfinder.

Video movie camera capable of still photography using a stroboscopic

A movie camera and a method of photographing a still with the movie camera is provided wherein the movie camera is of a type wherein a motionless picture or still can be photographed during a movie photography operation and when the illumination falling on an object is a predetermined value or less at the start in the photography of the still during the movie photography operation, stroboscopic flashes of light are produced from a strobe device to enable still photography. The movie camera basically includes a CCD for converting image information corresponding to light incident on a lens into an electric signal, a movie-photography triggering signal generating device for starting a movie photography operation, a still-photography triggering signal generating device for starting a still photography operation, and an electronic shutter speed switching device for changing over the shutter speed to a desired shutter speed faster than that at the time of the movie photography when the still-photography triggering signal generating device is activated to start the still photography operation during the movie photography operation. According to the above construction, the strobe device automatically produces flashing light in synchronism with the shutter timing of a high-speed operated shutter for thereby enabling instant photography of a desired motionless picture.

Movie camera having still picture photographing function and method of

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Tokyo, Japan

Haruo Soeda