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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2004
Tadahisa Ohkura, Saitama, JP;
Yutaka Ohsawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Iwamoto, Saitama, JP;
Takuya Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tadahisa Ohkura, Saitama, JP;
Yutaka Ohsawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Iwamoto, Saitama, JP;
Takuya Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
PENTAX Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A flash case, in which a flash is provided, is automatically moved to an up position, when a user selects a flash mode in a state where the flash case is at a down position, when a user begins to forcibly raise the flash case by hand in a state where the flash case is at the down position, or when the flash case is at the down position in a state where a photometric operation starts in an auto-flash mode. The flash case is automatically moved to the down position, when an external force is added to the flash case at the up position.