Patent ID: 6272289
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera operable with or without an image blur correction device, comprising:exposure time setting means for setting an exposure time in accordance with at least photometry data, sensitivity data of an image recording medium and F number of a photographic lens;strobe lighting designating means for forcibly illuminating a strobe when the exposure time set by said exposure time setting means is longer than a first exposure time;shutter closing time setting means for forcibly terminating an exposure for photographing at a second exposure time regardless of a result of said exposure time setting means when the exposure time set by said exposure time setting means is longer than the second exposure time; andmeans for selectively setting the first exposure time and the second exposure time, wherein when the camera is operated without the image blur correction device, the first exposure time and the second exposure time are set substantially equal to each other, and when the camera is operated with the image blur correction device, the first exposure time is set different from the second exposure time.