Exposure mode selecting device
CA 2217072 C · Owner: Hirai, Isamu · Inventors: Hirai, Isamu
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An exposure mode selecting device uses an A-position AE mode code, an M-position AE mode code, and a no-aperture-ring AE mode code, so that a proper exposure mode is selected. When an interchangeable lens, having an aperture ring being set to an A-position, is attached to a camera body the A-position AE mode, code is set to 0 or 1 so that a program mode or a shutter speed priority mode can be selected. If the aperture ring is set to one of the M-positions, the M-position AE mode code is set to 0 1 or 2 so that an aperture priority mode a manual mode or a bulb, mode can be selected. When an interchangeable lens having no aperture ring is attached to the camera body the no-aperture-ring, AE …
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- Filed October 1, 1997 and granted June 12, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 1, 2017.
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