Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha

Minolta Camera K.k.

Toru Inoue

Nobuyuki Taniguchi

Masaaki Nakai

Masatake Niwa

Takanobu Omaki

Hiroshi Hosomizu

Minoru Sekida

A flash photography system which comprises a photographic camera and an electronic flash device; said photographic camera comprising

Flash photography system

A flash photography system which comprises a photographic camera and an electronic flash device;

A flash photography system for a photographic camera and a flash device adapted to be connected thereto with the camera providing an aperture value output for flash light photography and a flash light stop signal obtained from an integrated output of the light reflected from a photographic object to terminate flash light emission when the integrated value reaches a predetermined value. The flash device calculates a maximum photographing distance covered by the flash light for effecting a correct exposure of the photographic object from the maximum flash light value and the aperture value from the camera. The maximum photographing distance is displayed by a suitable display visible to the camera operator.

A flash photography system using a first aperture value output calculated from a desired diaphragm aperture value for flash light photographing with data obtained from ambient light, film sensitivity and the exposure data, a second aperture value output independent of the light value of the ambient light, data selecting circuitry for outputting any one of the first aperture value output and the second aperture value output, an aperture controller for controlling the actual diaphragm aperture size from the output of the data selecting circuitry, and means for producing a stopping signal to stop the emission of the flash light when the flash light emission reaches a predetermined value.

An automatic exposure control camera is of a type capable of controlling both the camera exposure and the flash light amount to be emitted by an electronic flash device. The automatic exposure control camera includes an average light measuring device for measuring an amount of the entire light impinging on an image forming plane and for producing an average signal representing the average light amount, and a spot light measuring device for measuring an amount of light impinging on a spot of the image forming plane and for producing a spot signal representing the light amount at the spot. When taking a photograph with the aid of flash light from a flash device, the amount of light impinging on the film surface is measured and integrated in real time using the average signal, and when the integrated amount reaches a predetermined level, the flash device is controlled so as to stop the emission of flash light, thereby photographing the object with an appropriate light amount even when the object is located at a corner of the frame.

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Toyonaka, Japan

Toru Inoue