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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1995
Toshimi Watanabe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Seiichi Yasukawa, Chiba-ken, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An autofocus adjustment device includes a focus detection assembly that repeatedly detects the focus coordination state of the photographic lens assembly. A memory stores the results of the focus detection assembly. The device includes a movement direction reversal determination assembly that determines reversal of the movement direction of a subject based on the focus coordination state recorded in the memory. An exposure assembly controls the photographic operation. A prohibition assembly prohibits photographic operation until the focus detection operations are executed for a specified number of times when the movement direction reversal determination assembly determines that the movement direction of the photographic subject has reversed.