Patent ID: 8072508
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A photographing apparatus comprising: an imaging sensor; a controller that performs a photometric operation on a photographing subject and obtains a luminance value of said photographing subject based on said photometric operation; an exposure-mode-selecting device that is operable to select an exposure mode of said photographing apparatus that has at least a shutter speed priority automatic exposure (AE) mode, an aperture priority AE mode and a shutter speed and aperture priority AE mode, said exposure mode selecting device comprising single operation member provided on an upper surface of said photographing apparatus, said single operation member being configured to select an exposure mode from said shutter speed priority AE mode, from said aperture priority AE mode and from said shutter speed and aperture priority AE mode; a first operation device that is operable to set a shutter speed in said shutter speed and aperture priority AE mode; and a second operation device that is operable to set an aperture value in said shutter speed and aperture priority AE mode; a photographing operation being performed with a shutter speed and an aperture value that are set by a user and a sensitivity of said imaging sensor that is calculated based on said luminance value and said shutter speed and said aperture value set by the user, while said photographing apparatus is in said shutter speed and aperture priority AE mode, wherein said first operation device is provided on a front or rear surface of said photographing apparatus and is not visible from the rear or front surface, respectively, of the photographing apparatus, and said second operation device is provided on a rear or a front surface of said photographing apparatus and is not visible from the front or rear surface, respectively, of the photographing apparatus, the upper surface of said photographing apparatus being transverse to the front and rear surfaces of said photographing apparatus; and wherein the first operation device and the second operation device are not located on the same surface of the imaging apparatus.