Patent ID: 8988583
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. An image-pickup apparatus comprising: a release button configured to instruct start of taking an image; a light emitting member configured to operate a flash operation for taking the image and a pre-flash operation for determining an amount of luminescence of the flash operation; a mirror capable of moving between a first position where the mirror comes into an optical path so as to introduce a light beam to a finder and a second position where the mirror is retracted from the optical path; a mirror driving member configured to drive the mirror; a motor; and a mirror cam member that has a cam portion transmitting a driving force from the motor to the mirror driving member, wherein the image-pickup apparatus is operable in a first mirror driving mode where the motor rotates the mirror cam member in a first direction so as to move the mirror from the first position to the second position at a first speed and is operable in a second mirror driving mode where the motor rotates the mirror cam member in a second direction opposite to the first direction so as to move the mirror from the first position to the second position at a second speed slower than the first speed, and wherein when the start of taking the image is instructed by the release button, the light emitting member starts the pre-flush operation before the mirror cam member starts to rotate in a case where the image-pickup apparatus operates in the first mirror driving mode, and the light emitting member starts the pre-flash operation after the mirror cam member starts to rotate in a case where the image-pickup apparatus operates in the second mirror driving mode.