Patent ID: 7452144

Claim:
A camera comprising: a shutter release button that is held in an initial position while being not pressed, and is movable from said initial position to a full-pressed position via a half-pressed position; a position detecting device for detecting whether said shutter release button is in the initial position or not, in the half-pressed position or not, or in the full-pressed position or not; and a control device for controlling operations of the camera in accordance with the position of said shutter release button, such that the camera carries out a first operation step when said position detecting device detects that said shutter release button is displaced from the initial position, a second operation step when said position detecting device detects that said shutter release button comes to the half-pressed position, and a third operation step when said position detecting device detects that said shutter release button comes to the full-pressed position, wherein shooting is carried out in said second operation step and/or said third operation step.