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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1996
Hidenori Miyamoto, Urayasu, JP;
Yoshio Imura, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiyuki Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Keishi Urata, Kumamoto, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera with vibration reducing function includes a vibration detecting device for detecting vibrations of a camera, a photography directing unit for directing the camera to perform photometric/distance measuring operations by a turn-ON process and stopping the photometric/distance measuring operations by a turn-OFF process, a mode setting unit for directing the camera to set a specified mode, and a control device for controlling the vibration detecting device in accordance with the directions given from the photography directing unit and the mode setting unit. The control device makes the vibration detecting device continue the vibration detecting operation for such a duration that the mode setting unit sets the specified mode and that the photography directing unit is operated in the ON-state.