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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1984
Kazunori Mizokami, Hachioji, JP;
Tadashi Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Juro Kikuchi, Hachioji, JP;
Akira Tamagawa, Hino, JP;
Yutaka Yunoki, Kunitachi, JP;
Kazuo Nakamura, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic photographing apparatus including a photosensor for converting an optical image, which enters through an objective lens, to an electric signal, and two comparators to which a video signal obtained by signal-processing the electric signal is supplied. Supplied to the comparators, respectively, are a reference voltage slightly lower than the saturation level of the video signal and a reference voltage slightly higher than the black level of the video signal. The comparators convert the video signal to a binary signal according to the reference voltages. The binary signals are supplied to a video signal processing circuit and are converted to a binary video signal. When the binary video signal is supplied to the display of an electric finder, an image which is over- or/and underexposed is displayed on the display. When the binary signal is supplied to an automatic exposure unit, the exposure of the scene is automatically controlled according to the over- or/and underexposure.