Konica Minolta, Inc.

Minolta Company, Ltd.

Hiroko Ono

Takehiro Katoh

Shigeto Ohmori

Masayasu Hirano

Yasuo Maeda

Naohiro Kageyama

Tetsuo Yamada

A color image formation apparatus includes: a containing unit containing a plurality of developers; an image formation unit for performing an image formation process using at least a part of the plurality of developers; a control unit for causing the image formation unit to perform the image formation process with color change for at least one of colors designated by a job to be processed being made such that the image formation process can be performed using a developer not restricted in use when a part of the plurality of developers is restricted in use; and a reception unit for receiving designation of a change-prohibited color, which is a color not to be changed by the control unit. The control unit causes the image formation process to be performed while prohibiting, in the color change, change of the change-prohibited color of the colors designated by the job to be processed.

Color image formation apparatus and method for changing color while maintaining intended color in a print job

A camera is provided with a photographing device for setting various photographing conditions which determine a state of a subject image to be obtained as a picture, the photography device including an exposure device having a Plurality of selectively settable exposure modes for automatically setting at least one exposure value based on brightness of a subject, a mode selector for selecting one of the plurality of exposure modes, a calculation unit for calculating an amount indicative of the state of the subject image in accordance with the photographing conditions set by the photography device, an estimation unit for estimating visual effects which the subject image provides based on the calculated state amount, and a display device for displaying the visual effect corresponding to the exposure mode selected by the mode selection means in accordance with the estimated visual effects. Accordingly, an operator of the camera is allowed to conceive before an exposing operation what the final picture will look like in accordance with the photographing conditions set in a variety of exposure modes.

Camera capable of displaying the level of visual effect

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Toyonaka, Japan

Hiroko Ono