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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1989
Abstract
A mode selecting device for use in a camera provided with various picture taking modes including a normal picture taking mode, having a mode selecting device which is able to return to the normal picture taking mode from various kinds of camera modes automatically. The device further including a component for selecting a first mode in which the camera operates to take picture consecutively and a second mode in which the camera operates to take only one picture at a time, a mechanism for preliminary winding up of a film by a predetermined length in response to the closure of the back lid of the camera, the film lying in the normal frame position when the preliminary winding is terminated and components for forcibly selecting the second mode before the preliminary winding is terminated.