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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2001
Masahiro Kawasaki, Saitama, JP;
Osamu Sato, Saitama, JP;
Shigeru Iwamoto, Saitama, JP;
Tadahisa Ohkura, Saitama, JP;
Kazuhito Taneoka, Saitama, JP;
Pentax Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A flash photography system having a camera body and external flash devices includes a designating device for designating a sync flash mode for a main flash emission; a first pre-flash emission mode in which the external flash devices are activated to emit a preliminary flash emission at the same time; a second pre-flash emission mode in which the plurality of external flash devices are activated to emit the preliminary flash emission in a predetermined order; a pre-flash emission mode selecting device which selects the first or second pre-flash emission mode in accordance with the designated sync flash mode; and a pre-flash emission command device which transmits a command signal to the external flash devices to emit the preliminary flash emission in the first or second pre-flash emission mode.