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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1991
Masaaki Yanagisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuro Goto, Funabashi, JP;
Naoki Tomino, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Wakabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Matsuzawa, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuyuki Kazami, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Daitoku, Sagamihara, JP;
Akira Ezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Sosa, Narashino, JP;
Kazuto Otsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Hideya Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed a camera equipped with a mode setting device which counts the number of uses of each of plural modes, and sets the most frequently used mode as the initial mode. At the phototaking operation, the camera is set at such most frequently used mode. The above-mentioned plural modes can be plural exposure control modes, focal length control modes, photographing magnification setting modes, self-timer modes, automatic exposure value correcting modes, or alarm modes.