Title:
DIGITAL CAMERA
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3641972
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital camera that can be used by a proper operating method depending on a level of the user from a beginner to a skillful person.
SOLUTION: Even a beginner can easily use this digital camera because an exposure and a focus are automatically and properly set by having only to depress a shutter button in the case of selecting a mode 'Auto' in the setting of a view finder mode and the user can photographs an object by a similar operation to that of a conventional film with lens. When the user selects 'Cushion' in the setting of the view finder mode, white balance setting and automatic exposure can be corrected so as to attain photographing in matching with preference of the user. Moreover, when the 'AE/AF' is selected in the setting of the LCD mode, while confirming the display of an LCD 21, the user can photograph an object under automatic focusing and automatic exposure. When the user selects 'ME/MF' in the setting of the LCD mode, the focus and the exposure are deviated from proper values by intention and the user can photograph an object at a high grade.
Inventors:
Keisuke Okuma
Yukio Takahashi
Yukio Takahashi
Application Number:
JP10511399A
Publication Date:
April 27, 2005
Filing Date:
April 13, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation
International Classes:
H04N5/225; G02B7/09; G02B7/28; G03B7/01; G03B13/02; G03B17/18; H04N5/232; H04N5/235; H04N9/04; H04N101/00; (IPC1-7): H04N5/225; G02B7/09; G02B7/28; G03B7/00; G03B13/02; G03B17/18; H04N5/232; H04N5/235
Domestic Patent References:
| JP11136565A | ||||
| JP11136565A | ||||
| JP3006373U |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masaki Hattori