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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2010
Applicants:
Akira Kumagai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kikuchi, Zushi, JP;
Inventors:
Akira Kumagai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kikuchi, Zushi, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When the shooting mode selector lever switches the shooting mode to the still image shooting mode, the viewfinder mode is switched to the optical viewfinder mode, and switching from the optical viewfinder mode to the electronic viewfinder mode is performed by operation of the start-stop button. When the shooting mode selector lever switches the shooting mode to the movie shooting mode, the viewfinder mode is switched to the electronic viewfinder mode, and movie shooting is started by operation of the start-stop button.