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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1994
Kosho Miura, Funabashi, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A shutter control device comprises an exposing unit for effecting an exposure, a signal generator for generating a release signal, a mirror for reflecting the light of a subject toward a view optical system, a mirror driver for shifting the mirror between a first position on a photographing light path and a second position off the photographing light path, a position detector for detecting that the mirror is present in the vicinity of the second position and generating a position signal, a timer for measuring a predetermined time on receiving the release signal and generating a time measurement end signal when the predetermined time elapses; and a controller means for actuating the exposing unit when receiving the time measurement end signal and the position signal.