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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2014
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Naoto Yumiki, Osaka, JP;
Kaoru Mokunaka, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A camera system includes an imaging optical system, an imaging unit, a reflecting mirror that is in a first state of being positioned in an optical path extending from the imaging optical system to the imaging unit or in a second state of being retracted from the optical path, an aperture adjustment unit, an image adjustment unit, a release button, and a control unit. The imaging unit performs focusing by detecting contrast in an image of the subject, and while the reflecting mirror is kept in the second state, the image adjustment unit increases the brightness of the image on a display when the aperture adjustment unit changes the aperture value of the imaging optical system to a larger aperture value, and by operation of the release button, the imaging unit performs the focusing, and then the photographing of the subject is started.