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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1982
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1981
Seiji Yamada, Sakai, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A through-the-lens type automatic exposure control system controls exposure time in accordance with an object light representative signal stored in a storage device prior to a shutter actuation, with respect to exposure time faster than a given value, and in accordance with the output of a light measuring circuit measuring the object light passing through the camera objective and reflected from a film surface, with respect to exposure time slower than the given value. In response to a manual operation, the light signal is stored in the storage device independently of camera release operation, with the exposure time being controlled in accordance with the stored signal regardless of the exposure time.