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Title:
WIRELESS FLASH SYSTEM, CAMERA AND WIRELESS FLASH
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002072300
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a wireless flash system for a camera capable of reducing the number of light emitting times of a 1st flash and minimizing an exposure error.

This system is equipped with a 1st flash having a photometry part measuring the luminance of a subject in the case of stationary light and in the case of preliminary light emission, respectively, an arithmetic part arithmetically calculating emitted light quantity in the case of normal light emission based on the luminance of the subject in the case of the stationary light and in the case of the preliminary light emission, and a light emitting part emitting signal light at time intervals in accordance with the arithmetically calculated emitted light quantity data, and a 2nd flash 30 having a light receiving part 32 receiving the signal light from the 1st flash, a control part controlling the emitted light quantity corresponding to the time interval of the signal light received by the light receiving part 32 and a light emitting part 42 normally emitting light in compliance with control from the control part as well as performing the preliminary light emission.


Inventors:
ISHIMARU KOJI
MINAMI HIROAKI
ICHIKAWA TSUTOMU
Application Number:
JP2000253827A
Publication Date:
March 12, 2002
Filing Date:
August 24, 2000
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
MINOLTA CO LTD
International Classes:
G03B7/16; G03B15/02; G03B15/03; G03B15/05; G03B17/00; (IPC1-7): G03B15/05; G03B7/16; G03B15/02; G03B15/03; G03B17/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Aoyama Ryo (1 person outside)