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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2000
Norikazu Yokonuma, Adachi-ku, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera includes: a photographing control device that (1) performs flash photographing accompanied by light emission by an electronic flash unit with a shutter speed fixed when results of field brightness measurement performed by a photometering device which measures field brightness indicate a value equal to or lower than a predetermined first reference brightness, (2) performs flash photographing at a first shutter speed when the results of the field brightness measurement indicate a value equal to or lower than the first reference brightness and higher than a second reference brightness which is lower than the first reference brightness and (3) performs flash photographing at a second shutter speed higher than the first shutter speed when the results of the field brightness measurement indicate a value equal to or lower than the second reference brightness.