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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1990
Hidenori Taniguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuo Ikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera comprises a first responsive circuit for initiating a red-eye phenomenon preventing illumination in response to a first stroke of operation on a shutter release button; a determining circuit for making a determination whether or not the red-eye phenomenon preventing illumination initiated by the first responsive circuit has lasted for a given period of time; and a second responsive circuit for initiating a flash photographing operation in response to a second stroke of operation on the release button and also to the determination made by the determining circuit that the red-eye phenomenon preventing illumination has lasted for the given period of time.