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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1990
Yoshinobu Kudo, Osaka, JP;
Shigeru Wada, Kishiwada, JP;
Hiroshi Ootsuka, Sakai, JP;
Masataka Hamada, Osakasayama, JP;
Yoshiaki Hata, Ashiya, JP;
Manabu Inoue, Kobe, JP;
Yoshihiro Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A camera includes a taking lens for photographing an object, a detection device for detecting the brightness of the object, a driver device for driving the taking lens to change a first magnification representing image size of the object, a generator device for generating a signal of a second magnification irrespective of the first magnification, a direction device for directing an integrated magnification; and a determination device for determining both of the first and second magnifications according to the directed magnification and the detected brightness.