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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1989
Ichiro Ohnuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Kiuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Akashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Terutake Kadohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Higashihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a camera having an autofocus device, when performing a continuous shooting, an autofocus operation by the autofocus device is repeatedly performed during a time from the termination of the shooting operation to the completion of a preparation for the next shooting operation, and if the performance of the autofocus operation has been at least once completed before the completion of the preparation for the next shooting operation, the completion of the aforesaid preparation for the next shooting operation is, even though the autofocus operation is in progress, immediately followed by the start of the next shooting operation, while if the autofocus operation has not been at least once completed before the completion of the aforesaid preparation for the next shooting operation, the next shooting operation is started depending on the completion of the autofocus operation.