Patent ID: 6201932
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera system capable of causing a detecting circuit to detect information relative to the kind of illumination light source and causing a detection result provided by said detecting circuit to be recorded on a recording part, comprising:(a) a first operation member which shifts to a first operation state by manual operation and to a second operation state through the first operation state, the second operation state being for starting an image recording,(b) a second operation member provided independently from the first operation member,(c) a control circuit including a holding circuit, which control circuit causes the detection circuit to repeatedly detect information about the kind of light source during shift of the first operation member from the first operation state to the second operation state when the second operation member is not operated, said control circuit having at least one mode of first to third modes:first mode for causing the holding circuit to hold a detection result of the detection circuit obtained when the second operation member is operated when the first operation member is operated in the first operation state, second mode for causing the holding circuit to hold a detection result of the detection circuit obtained when the first operation member shifts to the first operation state under a condition that the second operation member is operated, third mode for causing the holding circuit to hold a detection result of the detection circuit by the operation of the second operation member irrespective of the operation state of the first operation member, and(d) a recording controlling circuit for causing the recording part to record information detected by the detection circuit when the first operation member shifts to the second operation state through the first operation state under the condition that the second operation member is not operated, and causing the recording part to record the information held by the holding circuit when the detection result is held by the holding circuit under at least one of the first to third modes.