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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2005
Masashi Saito, Hachioji, JP;
Yasutoshi Fujii, Hachioji, JP;
Masashi Saito, Hachioji, JP;
Yasutoshi Fujii, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An electronic still camera, comprises a lens to form an image of a subject; a distant measuring section to measure a distance to a subject and to output a distance signal; an image capturing focusing section having a driving section to shift the lens within a scanning range determined based on the distance signal, an image capturing element to output an image signal of the image of the subject and a detecting section to detect a focusing point of the lens based on the image signal; and a light measuring section to measure a luminance of the subject and to output a luminance signal. The image capturing focusing section changes the scanning range of the lens in accordance with the luminance signal measured by the light measuring section.