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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2004
Masanori Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a strobe unit compatible with both a camera that has a synchro switch that does not cause chattering and that can achieve a large number of times of flash photography per unit time and a camera that has a synchro switch whose chattering time is long or short. The strobe unit comprises: a chattering preventing unit that is connected to a flashlight emission initiating unit; a checking unit that checks the type of synchro switch included in an image sensing apparatus, which is connected to the strobe unit via a communication terminal, through transfer of information with the image sensing apparatus; and a control unit that controls the chattering preventing unit according to the result of checking performed by the checking unit.