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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2002
Hideyuki Masuyama, Hachioji, JP;
Hideyuki Masuyama, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed an image pickup apparatus for a microscope, comprising a photometry section for acquiring a photometry value corresponding to a brightness of an observed image, an exposure calculation section for calculating a reference exposure time based on the photometry value acquired by the photometry section, and an exposure control section for controlling exposure in accordance with the reference exposure time, the exposure control section comprising an exposure control section for display for controlling exposure, when the image is displayed in a display section, and an exposure control section for recording for controlling the exposure, when the image is recorded in a recording section.