Claims
- 1. A strobe control apparatus for a strobe-incorporated camera, comprising:
- a light emitter that is supported in a camera body by a supporting mechanism, said light emitter being movable between a retracted position and an operative position;
- a drive mechanism for moving said light emitter between said retracted position and said operative position in response to an occurrence of a predetermined condition, said light emitter being controlled to emit light in response to said predetermined condition;
- means for calculating exposure factors in accordance with a brightness of an object to be photographed; and
- means for setting said exposure factors if said drive mechanism is unable to move said light emitter to said operative position.
- 2. The strobe control apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an external light emitting member that is detachably attached to said camera, said external light emitting member being controlled to emit light when said drive mechanism is unable to move said light emitter to said operative position.
- 3. The strobe control apparatus of claim 1, wherein said predetermined condition comprises a calculated shutter speed being below a predetermined value.
- 4. The strobe control apparatus of claim 1, wherein said light emitter is prohibited from emitting light when said drive mechanism is unable to move said light emitter to said operative
- 5. The strobe control apparatus of claim 1, wherein said light emitter is prohibited from emitting light when said drive mechanism is unable to move said light emitter to said operative position, and wherein said exposure factors setting means sets a shutter speed of said camera to be equal to a calculated shutter speed.
- 6. The strobe control apparatus of claim 1, wherein a photometering circuit determines said brightness of said object to be photographed, said determined brightness being used to determine a calculated shutter speed.
- 7. The strobe control apparatus of claim 6, wherein said predetermined condition comprises said calculated shutter speed being below a predetermined value.
- 8. The strobe control apparatus of claim 7, wherein said light emitter is prohibited from emitting light when said drive mechanism is unable to move said light emitter to said operative position.
- 9. The strobe control apparatus of claim 8, wherein said exposure factors setting means sets a shutter speed of said camera to be equal to said calculated shutter speed.
- 10. The strobe control apparatus of claim 1, said apparatus further comprising detecting means for detecting whether said drive mechanism is unable to move said light emitter into said operative position.
- 11. The strobe control apparatus of claim 10, said apparatus further comprising means for identifying attachment of an external light emitter;
- wherein, when said detecting means detects that said light emitter is unable to move into said operative position, said identifying means are operated;
- so that, when said identifying means identifies attachment of said external light emitter, said light emitter is inhibited and said exposure factors are set according to said means for setting; and when said identifying means identifies no attachment of said external light emitter, said said light emitter is inhibited and said exposure factors are set according to said means for calculating.
- 12. The strobe control apparatus of claim 1, said apparatus further comprising process means, coupled to said drive mechanism, for initiating a process to move said light emitter into said operative position, wherein said drive mechanism, after said process is initiated, is unable to move said light emitter into said operative position.
Priority Claims (4)
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1-261809 |
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1-264534 |
Oct 1989 |
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1-268671 |
Oct 1989 |
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1-268672 |
Oct 1989 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 07/982,009, filed Nov. 24, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,361,120, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/593,970, filed Oct. 9, 1990, now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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