Minolta Company, Ltd.

Shinichi Nishimura

Nobuharu Murashima

Akihiko Fujino

Hidehiko Fujii

Sadanobu Ueda

Noriyuki Ishii

A camera has a first charge mechanism for charging a mirror, a second charge mechanism for charging an aperture diaphragm, a third charge mechanism for charging a shutter, an exposure preparation mechanism for performing an exposure preparation operation in response to a releasing operation, a selector for distinguishing between single-shot photographing and continuous photographing, a first detector for detecting completion of charging of the mirror, a second detector for detecting completion of charging of the aperture diaphragm, a third detector for detecting completion of charging of the shutter, and a controller for executing a flow of control such that, when the selector detects continuous photographing being performed and in addition the first and second detectors detect completion of charging of the mirror and the aperture diaphragm, the exposure preparation operation is started irrespective of the result of detection by the third detector.

Camera

A camera has a motor, a camera mechanism driven by rotation of the motor, a detector for detecting the rotation direction of the motor, and a controller for driving the camera mechanism by energizing the motor in such a way that the motor rotates in a forward direction. To stop the motor, the controller energizes the motor in such a way that the motor rotates in a reverse direction and then, in response to a rotation direction inversion detecting output fed from the detector, energizes the motor in such a way that the motor rotates in the forward direction again for a predetermined period of time.

A mode selecting system of a camera which comprises a first mode group which includes a plurality of photo-taking modes, wherein photographing parameters are automatically set by the camera when each one among the modes of the first mode group is selected, and a second mode group which includes a plurality of photo-taking modes, wherein at least one of photographing parameters is manually settable when one among the modes of the second mode group is selected. The system further comprises an operation member which is operated to changeover a mode group between the first mode group and the second mode group, a mode select initiation member which is operated to set the camera into a condition where the photo-taking modes can be changed, a selector which is operated to select one mode in the first mode group and the second mode group, and a display which indicates all of modes contained in the group which is selected by the operation member when the mode select initiation member is operated and indicates one mode which is selected by the selector when the selector is operated.

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Shinichi Nishimura