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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1979
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1976
Sunao Ishizaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhito Kawahara, Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Kogaku K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An exposure indicating device for a single lens reflex camera having a built-in TTL exposure meter to indicate photographic information on photographic information members within a view finder with the help of external light, and having an eye-piece shutter to intercept the view finder optical system at its eye-piece section, wherein there are further provided a light emitting element at a position at which the photographic information members can be illuminated for indication within the view finder, and at which the light emitting element is able to emit light outside the camera body; and change-over means which is interlocked with opening and closing of the eye-piece shutter to connect the light emitting element to a power source through switching means operable from outside, when the eye-piece shutter is open, and to connect the light emitting element to the power source through an exposure measurement circuit of the TTL exposure meter, when the eye-piece shutter is closed.