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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Iwasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Ogasawara, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/505 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/505 ;
Abstract
A flash control device for controlling a slave SB that emits a flash upon receiving an operational instruction via optical communication has a flash emitting part for emitting an optical signal used for the optical communication, and a power supply detecting part detecting the attachment of a power pack. The detection result is transmitted to a camera microcomputer via an SB microcomputer. A communication intensity designating part and a communication intensity determining part decide, based on the detection result received via the camera microcomputer, the intensity of the optical signal to be emitted by the flash emitting part.