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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1996
Hiroshi Yoshino, Osaka, JP;
Toshihiko Ishimura, Habikino, JP;
Tatsuro Izumi, Hashimoto, JP;
Keijiro Tsuchihama, Sakai, JP;
Shigeto Ohmori, Kawachinagano, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A camera which includes an operation button which is capable of being depressed, a lever which is rotatably mounted around the operation button, a memory which stores the camera condition which is presently set in response to the rotation of the lever in a predetermined direction, and a circuit arrangement which changes over the camera condition to the condition which is stored in the memory in response to the depression of the operation button. When the lever is rotated, the camera condition presently set is stored in the memory. Thereafter, the stored contents are resumed when the operation button is depressed.