Patent ID: 6556788
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A photometry device for a camera, comprising:a normal light metering system having spectral sensitivity characteristics close to visual sensitivity characteristics; a plurality of light metering systems having spectral sensitivity characteristics that are different from those of said normal light metering system; an exposure amount determining system that determines an exposure amount of an object in accordance with an output of said normal light metering system; a colorimetry system that judges a color of the object in accordance with the outputs of said plurality of light metering systems; a compensation amount determining system that determines an exposure compensation amount in accordance with the color judged by said colorimetry system; said colorimetry system dividing a photometry area into a plurality of areas and performing colorimetry for each of said plurality of areas, said compensation amount determining system determining a plurality of exposure compensation amounts respectively corresponding to said plurality of areas, one of the plurality of exposure compensation amounts being selected in accordance with at least one of said plurality of areas corresponding to a focused portion of the object, and a controller that compensates for the exposure amount determined by said exposure amount determining system in accordance with the determined exposure compensation amount.