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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1990
Nobuyuki Taniguchi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yoshinobu Kudo, Osaka, JP;
Manabu Inoue, Kobe, JP;
Michihiro Iwata, Sakai, JP;
Shigeru Wada, Kishiwada, JP;
Hiroshi Ootsuka, Sakai, JP;
Shinichi Yokoyama, Kyoto, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A camera with its taking optical system having two alternative, large and small, focal lengths and its finder optical system so contrived that the image formed as its focal length is varied continuously is visible through the finder, the latter included in a zoom optical system. The camera calculates the magnification of the image in the finder the photographer intends after seeing it and the focal length selected by him with the condition of the finder's optical system taken into account, and the result is recorded in the film are trimming information at the time of photographing. At the time of printing the photographed image is trimmed according to the angle of vision determined on the basis of the trimming information.