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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1983
Mitsuo Kawazoe, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Company Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A focus detecting camera comprises a switching circuit for an automatic release which is operated in response to an in-focus detection signal, a shutter release button mechanism which is capable of maintaining a partially depressed condition of a shutter release button and an automatic release switch which is brought into operation prior to a shutter release operation, in cooperation with said shutter release button mechanism. Under the condition in which the automatic release switch is in operation with the release button partially depressed, the shutter release is performed by activation of the automatic release switching circuit in response to an in-focus detection signal which is detected when a moving object being photographed reaches a preset distance position.