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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1999
Shoji Kaihara, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera includes a movable mirror which moves between a mirror-down position and a mirror-up position, an attitude detecting device which detects an attitude of the camera, and a control circuit in which a plurality of periods of stabilization time of the movable mirror are set and which changes over the stabilization time of the movable mirror among the plurality of periods according to a result of detection provided by the attitude detecting device. If the attitude of the camera has changed in process of a continuous photo-taking operation, the control circuit keeps the stabilization time of the movable mirror set at the time of start of the continuous photo-taking operation without changing over the stabilization time of the movable mirror.