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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Inukai, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image-pickup apparatus is operable in a first mirror driving mode where a motor rotates a mirror cam member in a first direction so as to move a mirror at a first speed and is operable in a second mirror driving mode where the motor rotates the mirror cam member in as second direction so as to move the mirror at a second speed slower than the first speed. When start of taking an image is instructed, a light emitting member starts a pre-flush operation before the mirror cam member starts to rotate in a case where the image-pickup apparatus operates in the first mirror driving mode, and the light emitting member starts the pre-flash operation after the mirror cam member starts to rotate in a case where the image-pickup apparatus operates in the second mirror driving mode.