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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1981
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1979
Yoshiharu Ohta, Izumi, JP;
Mikio Naya, Izumi, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An automatic electronic flash device for use with a camera includes a flash tube carried by a housing. A battery is carried by the housing as a source of electric supply. A capacitor is connected to the flash tube to fire it when discharged. A circuit is used to automatically adjust the amount of light emitted from said flash tube upon the firing of the tube. The circuit includes a light receiving element arranged to receive light reflected from a photographic object upon the firing of the tube. The information of distance from the camera to an object to be photographed is fed to the circuit as a function of the amount of light received. A switch is connected to the circuit to cause it to vary the amount of light emitted from the flash tube. A calculator enables calculation of a plurality of combinations of aperture settings and distance setting in response to a film speed setting, so that selection of a desired film speed will result in indication of a desired aperture setting and distance setting. Light emitting diodes are disposed adjacent to the calculator for indication of one of the combinations calculated by the calculator. Another switch connects one of the light emitting diodes to the battery for selective energization thereof in association with the switching of the above switch connected to the circuit.