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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1986
Hiromi Someya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiko Aihara, Tokyo, JP;
Toyokazu Mizogui, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multi-program control camera permitting selection of various exposure control modes is provided with a display arrangement to indicate, by pictographs and/or letters, the effects of a picture image obtainable by selection of the exposure control modes; and to automatically shift a selected exposure control mode to another mode when the effect of the picture image expected is difficult to obtain by the mode selected on the basis of at least one of the information values including the maximum aperture value of a lens, the minimum aperture value thereof, a fixed aperture, a focal length and the brightness of an object to be photographed.