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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1996
Hisashi Hamada, Asaka, JP;
Tsutomu Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Tokuji Sato, Asaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Iwasaki, Asaka, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An initial position of a variable focus lens is set substantially halfway between a wide and a telephotographing end. Thus, just after the initial position is set by turning on a power switch, both the wide photographing and the telephotographing can be performed quickly. The instantaneous change of a moving object can be quickly photographed in a desired visual field. In the present invention, a composition at the initial position which is set by turning on the power switch is not so different from a composition at the wide photographing side or the telephotographing side. Therefore the user is not confused by any composition during photographing.