JP3200910B2 - Camera capable of recording continuous scene information - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera capable of recording continuous scene information for continuous scene photographed frames.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In U.S. Pat. No. 4,987,439,
There is disclosed a camera that magnetically records continuous scene information for a shooting frame determined to be continuous scene shooting. This continuous scene information indicates that the photographed frame is in a continuous relationship with the previous photographed frame. In a lab or the like, the photographed frame in which the continuous scene information is recorded is equivalent to the previous photographed frame. Printing is performed under the following conditions.

[0003]

By the way, there are various cases where it is desired to process as a continuous scene. However, the camera disclosed in the above specification does not release the operation of the release button after photographing an arbitrary frame. Only when an eye is shot, the second frame is determined to be a continuous scene shooting frame. In other cases, when it is desired to process as a continuous scene shooting, it cannot be performed, and an undesired photograph is generated. There is a risk of becoming.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a camera capable of recording continuous scene information capable of accurately determining whether or not continuous scene shooting has been performed.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a determining means for determining whether or not a frame is a continuous scene photographing frame, and a recording method for recording continuous scene information for the frame which is determined to be a continuous scene photographing frame by the determining means. Means. The invention according to claim 1 further comprises a timer for counting an elapsed time from the previous photographing to the current photographing, and when the time counted by the timer is within a predetermined time, the current photographed frame is continuously shot. A determination unit is configured to determine a frame to be photographed, thereby solving the above problem. In particular, the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that when the time measured by the time measuring means is within a predetermined time and the difference between the subject brightness at the time of the previous shooting and the subject brightness at the time of the current shooting is less than a predetermined value, Is determined as a continuous scene photographing frame. Further, according to the invention of claim 3, when the time measured by the time measuring means is within a predetermined time and the difference between the subject distance at the time of the previous photographing and the subject distance at the time of the current photographing is less than a predetermined value, the current photographed frame is continuously displayed. The determination means is configured to determine a scene photographing frame. Claim 4
In the invention, the time measured by the time measuring means is within a predetermined time, the difference between the subject brightness at the previous shooting and the subject brightness at the current shooting is less than a predetermined value, and the subject distance at the last shooting and the current shooting When the difference from the subject distance is less than a predetermined value, the above-described determination means is configured to determine the current shot frame as a continuous scene shot frame. The invention according to claim 5, wherein the time measured by the time measuring means is within a predetermined time, the difference between the subject brightness at the previous shooting and the subject brightness at the current shooting, the subject distance at the previous shooting and the subject distance at the current shooting. When at least one of the differences is smaller than a predetermined value, the above-described determination means is configured to determine the current shot frame as a continuous scene shot frame. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to perform zoom continuous shooting in which a plurality of shootings are continuously performed while changing the focal length of a shooting lens. The determination means is configured to determine that According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a plurality of shootings are continuously performed while changing the exposure value by a predetermined amount.
In this case, the determination means is configured to determine that the second and subsequent photographed frames of the auto bracketing photographing are continuous scene photographing frames. According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to perform auto-shift shooting in which a plurality of shootings are continuously performed while changing the shutter speed and the aperture value by a predetermined amount so that the exposure value does not change. The determining means is configured to determine the second and subsequent frames as consecutive scene frames.

[0006]

(1) The elapsed time from the previous photographing to the present photographing is measured,
If the counted time is within a predetermined time, the current photographed frame is determined as a continuous scene photographed frame, and the continuous scene information is recorded for the frame. (2) Inventions of Claims 2 to 5 The elapsed time from the previous shooting to the current shooting is within a predetermined time, and the subject luminance subject (subject distance) at the previous shooting and the subject luminance subject at the current shooting ( When the difference from the subject distance is less than a predetermined value, the current photographed frame is determined to be a continuous scene photographed frame. Further, when the elapsed time is within a predetermined time and both the difference between the subject luminance and the difference between the subject distances are less than a predetermined value, the frame may be determined as a continuous scene photographing frame. Further, when the elapsed time is within a predetermined time and at least one of the difference between the subject brightness and the difference between the subject distances is less than a predetermined value, the frame may be determined as a continuous scene photographing frame. (3) The invention of claim 6 The judging means judges that the second and subsequent frames in zoom continuous shooting are continuous scene frames. (4) The invention of claim 7 The determining means determines that the second and subsequent photographed frames in auto bracketing photographing are continuous scene photographed frames. (5) The invention of claim 8 The judging means judges that the second and subsequent photographed frames in the auto shift photographing are continuous scene photographed frames.

[0007]

【Example】

-First Embodiment- A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control system of a camera capable of recording continuous scene information according to the present invention. Reference numeral 10 denotes a control circuit for controlling the camera operation based on a flowchart described later. Reference numeral SW1 denotes a release switch that is turned on in conjunction with the depression of a release button (not shown) and turned off in conjunction with the release of the depression. Reference numeral 11 denotes an exposure control device including a shutter and an aperture, and reference numeral 12 denotes a recording circuit that records continuous scene information in a magnetic recording area of the film when the film is wound through a connected magnetic head 13. In other words, the film used in this embodiment has a magnetic recording area extending in the longitudinal direction of the film, where continuous scene information can be recorded by the magnetic head 13 for each frame. Then, in this embodiment, if the photographing is performed within a predetermined time after the photographing of the previous frame, the photographing frame is determined as a continuous scene photographing frame, and the continuous scene information is recorded for the frame. This will be described later in detail.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a film winding device for winding the film, and reference numeral 15 denotes a film movement amount detecting device for calculating the film movement amount from the rotation amount of a roller which rotates following the movement of the film, for example. If a predetermined number of perforations are provided for each frame, the number of perforations may be detected to determine the film movement amount.

Next, the procedure of photographing control by the control circuit 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the main switch (not shown) is turned on, this program is started,
First, at step S1, a parameter t indicating the time is reset to zero. In step S2, the process waits until the release switch SW1 is turned on. When the switch is turned on, the process proceeds to step S3. In steps S3 and S4, the elapsed time t from the start of time measurement after the film winding of the previous frame (step S16) is determined. When t = 0 and when t> τ, that is, when the half-press operation is performed for the first time after the main switch is turned on, and when the elapsed time t exceeds the predetermined time τ, it is determined that continuous scene shooting is not performed, and step S5 is performed. Sets the continuous scene flag F to zero. On the other hand, when 0 <t ≦ τ, that is, when the elapsed time t is within the predetermined time τ, it is determined that continuous scene shooting is performed, and the continuous scene flag F is set to 1 in step S6, and the process proceeds to step S7. Here, τ is, for example, 5
A time such as seconds, 30 seconds, or 1 minute is set.

In step S7, the exposure control device 11 is driven to perform photographing, and then in step S8, film winding by the film winding device 14 is started. Step S9
When the continuous scene flag F is determined to be 1 in step S1,
At 0, the continuous scene information is recorded by the magnetic head 13 via the recording circuit 12, and the process proceeds to step S11. If it is determined that the continuous scene flag F is not 1, the process proceeds to step S11 without performing the information recording. In step S11, it is determined whether or not the film has been wound up by one frame based on the detection result of the film movement amount detection device 15. If it is determined that the film has not been wound up by one frame, the process returns to step S9 and the film is wound up by one frame. If it is determined that the film has been wound, the flow advances to step S12 to stop film winding.

If it is determined at step S13 that t = 0, time measurement is started at step S16, and the process returns to step S2.
If it is determined to be ≠ 0, the timer stops at step S14, and the timer t is reset to zero at step S15.
Thereafter, time measurement is started in step S16 and step S2
Return to

According to the above-described procedure, if the current shooting is performed before the predetermined time τ has elapsed since the previous shooting (more precisely, from the end of winding after the previous shooting), the current shooting frame is continuously The frame is determined to be a scene shooting frame, and continuous scene information is recorded for the frame. That is, the fact that the shooting was performed within a predetermined time from the previous shooting is considered that the previous shooting frame and the current shooting frame are continuous, and in this embodiment, the recording of the continuous scene information is performed in this case. Do.

In the configuration of the above embodiment, the recording circuit 1
2 and the magnetic head 13 constitute recording means, and the control circuit 10 constitutes determination means.

In the above, an example has been described in which the continuous scene shooting is always determined when the time from the previous shooting to the current shooting is within a predetermined time, but the time from the previous shooting to the current shooting is a predetermined time. If it is within the range, and the difference between the subject brightness at the time of the previous shooting and the subject brightness at the time of the current shooting is less than a predetermined value, the continuous scene shooting may be determined. The embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

When it is determined in step S2 in FIG. 2 that the half-press switch SW1 is turned on, the process proceeds to step S17 in FIG. 3, and the photometry device 16 shown in FIG. 4 is operated to perform photometry.
The photometric device 16 has a light receiving element such as a silicon photodiode, and detects the luminance Bv of the subject.
In step S18, the object luminance Bv detected by the photometry processing is substituted for a variable Bv (1), and the process proceeds to step S3. If t = 0 or t> τ is determined in steps S3 and S4, the continuous scene flag F is set to zero in step S5 as described above. On the other hand, when 0 <t ≦ τ,
In step S19, it is determined whether or not | Bv (2) -Bv (1) | ≦ α. If the result is negative, the process proceeds to step S5. If the result is affirmative, the continuous scene flag F is set to 1 in step S6 and the process proceeds to step S7. . Here, Bv (2) is calculated in step S
20 is the subject brightness at the time of the previous shooting set in 20. The value of α is desirably about 1/3 Ev to 1/2 Ev. According to the above, if the difference between the subject brightness at the time of the previous shooting and the subject brightness at the time of the current shooting exceeds a predetermined value, even if shooting is performed within a predetermined time from the previous shooting, the continuous scene information is Not recorded. This is because if the difference in subject brightness exceeds a predetermined value, it is highly likely that a completely different subject has been photographed, and it is not considered to be a continuous scene. That is, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to more strictly determine whether or not a scene is a continuous scene.

As shown in FIG. 5, the time from the previous photographing to the present photographing is within a predetermined time, and the subject distance L (2) at the previous photographing and the subject distance L (1) at the present photographing are taken. ) May be determined to be continuous scene shooting when the difference between the two is within a predetermined value β (a constant value of 3 m or less, or a value of about L (2) / 3 to L (2) / 2). . This is because if the difference between the subject distances exceeds a predetermined value, it is highly likely that a completely different subject has been photographed, and it is not considered to be a continuous scene. Here, the subject distance L is detected by the distance measuring device 17 shown in FIG. This also makes it possible to more strictly determine whether or not the scene is a continuous scene.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, (i) the time t from the last photographing to the present photographing is within a predetermined time τ. (Ii) The subject brightness Bv (2) at the previous photographing and the subject at the present photographing. The difference between the brightness Bv (1) and the subject distance L (2) at the time of the previous shooting and the subject distance L (1) at the time of the current shooting are within a predetermined value. Only after that, it may be determined that continuous scene shooting is performed. According to this, it is possible to more strictly determine whether or not the scene is a continuous scene. As shown in FIG. 7, the condition (i) is satisfied, and (ii), (ii)
If either one of the conditions i) is satisfied, the frame may be determined to be a continuous scene shooting frame.

Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 shows a block diagram in this embodiment, and FIG.
The same reference numerals are given to the same parts as. Control circuit 2
0 is connected to a switch SW2 that is turned on / off in response to operation of the drive mode switching dial 21. The switch SW2 is connected to the index 2 of the drive mode switching dial 21.
It turns off when 1a indicates the character S, and turns on when the index 21a indicates the character C. When the switch SW2 is off, the control circuit 20 performs one release operation.
Set the S mode to take only one shot, switch SW2
When is turned on, the C mode (continuous shooting mode) in which continuous shooting is performed while the release operation is continued is set.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart in this embodiment. Steps similar to those in FIG. 2 are given the same step numbers. When a battery is loaded in the camera, this program is started, and after step S1, the state of the switch SW2 is determined in step S31. If the switch SW2 is on, ie, in the C mode, the flag C is set to 1 in step S32, and if the switch SW2 is off, ie, the S mode, the flag C is set to zero in step S33. Next, when it is determined in step S2 that the release switch SW1 is on, the processes in steps S3 to S12 described above are performed. Thereafter, when it is determined in step S34 that the release switch SW1 is off, the process proceeds to step S13 in FIG. When the determination is made, the process proceeds to step S35. If it is determined in step S35 that C ≠ 1, that is, the mode is the S mode, the process proceeds to step S13. If it is determined that C = 1, that is, the mode is the C mode, the process returns to step S6.

If the process proceeds to FIG. 10, step S13
After performing the processing of S16 to S16 (explained in FIG. 2), if C = 1 is determined in step S35, step S31 in FIG.
When it is determined that C ≠ 1, it is waited in step S36 until the release switch SW1 is turned off, and when it is turned off, the process returns to step S31.

According to the above procedure, in the case of the S mode, only one photographing operation is performed by one release operation.
In the mode, the photographing is continuously performed while the release operation is being performed (while the switch SW1 is on).
When step S35 is affirmed, step S35 is executed.
Since the process proceeds to step 6, the shooting of the second and subsequent frames in the C mode is all determined to be continuous scene shooting, and continuous scene information is recorded for that frame. In this embodiment, as in the first embodiment, if the time from the previous shooting to the current shooting is within a predetermined time, it is determined that continuous scene shooting is performed. In this embodiment, ON / OFF of the release switch SW1 and the flag C are determined immediately after the film winding is stopped (step S12) (steps S34 and S3).
5) If both are affirmed, the process returns to step S6 and the photographing is performed again, so that the photographing interval at the time of continuous photographing can be shortened.

Third Embodiment Next, a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 11 is a block diagram of the present embodiment, and FIG.
The same reference numerals are given to the same parts as. Control circuit 3
A switch SW3 that is turned on by pressing a double self-timer button (not shown) is connected to 0. The control circuit 30 starts the double self-timer shooting as will be described later when the switch SW3 is turned on.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart in the present embodiment, and the same parts as those in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals. After step S1, in step S41 the switch SW
3 is determined to be on or off, and if it is off, the processing of steps S2 to S16 described above is performed and the process returns to step S41.
If step S41 is affirmed, the process proceeds to step S42,
Start double self-timer shooting. That is, first, the second timing is started in step S42, and then in step S4
In 3, wait until a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds) elapses, and when it elapses, stop the second timing in step S44 and perform photographing in step S45. Next, in step S46, the film is wound up by one frame, but the recording of the continuous scene information is not performed here. After that, the third timing is started in step S47, and the process waits until a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds to 5 seconds) elapses in step S48. When the third time is elapsed, the third timing is stopped in step S49, and the photographing is performed again in step S50. . Next, in step S51, film winding is started,
In step S52, continuous scene information is recorded. Step S52 is repeated until one frame has been wound in step S53. Thereafter, in step S54, winding is stopped and the process returns to step S13. After the processes in steps S13 to S16, the process returns to step S41.

According to the above procedure, the second frame of the double self-timer shooting is likely to be in a continuous relationship with the first frame, so that it is always determined to be a continuous scene shooting frame, and the continuous scene information is recorded. . Note that the double self that performs self-timer shooting for two frames has been described, but the present invention is also applicable to a camera that performs continuous self-timer shooting for performing self-timer shooting for three or more frames. In this case, the second and subsequent frames may be determined to be continuous scene frames.

-Fourth Embodiment- Next, a fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 13 is a block diagram of the present embodiment, and FIG.
The same reference numerals are given to the same parts as. Control circuit 4
A switch SW4 that is turned on by pressing a zoom continuous shooting mode setting button (not shown), a zoom lens driving device 41 that changes the focal length of the zoom lens, and a focal length detecting device 42 are connected to 0. Focal length detector 42
Has a zoom encoder provided in the lens barrel of the zoom lens, detects the focal length of the zoom lens, and
Enter 0. The control circuit 40 sets the zoom continuous shooting mode when the switch SW4 is turned on. In the zoom continuous shooting mode, the photographing lens is driven to a different focal length for each operation of the release button, and the photographing is performed a predetermined number of times. Specifically, for example, assuming that the zoom lens is capable of changing the focal length between 35 mm and 105 mm, the zoom lens is set to the focal length of 35 mm by the first release operation after the zoom continuous shooting mode is set. Then, when a release operation is performed, shooting is performed at 50 mm, and thereafter, shooting is performed sequentially at 70 mm, 85 mm, and 105 mm for each release operation. The set focal length and the number of times of photographing are not limited to these.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart in this embodiment, and the same parts as those in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals. After step S1, in step S61 the switch SW
4 is determined to be on or off, and if it is off, the processes of steps S2 to S16 described above are performed, and the process returns to step S61.
When step S61 is affirmed, it is determined that the zoom continuous shooting mode is set, and the process proceeds to step S62 to start zoom continuous shooting. That is, first, in step S62, the number of continuous zooming n
Is set to 1, and it is determined in step S63 whether or not the current focal length f is a predetermined value F (n) (here, F (1)). If it is not F (n), the zoom lens is driven by the zoom lens driving device 41 in step S64, and if it is determined that F (n), the control waits for the release switch SW1 to turn on in step S65. When the switch is turned on, the processes in steps S3 to S12 are performed.

Next, in step S66, n is incremented by 1 and the zoom lens is driven (step S68) until it is determined in step S67 that f = F (n).
When (n) is reached, the process proceeds to step S69. Step S69
Waits until the release switch SW1 is turned on, and when it is turned on, shooting is performed in step S70. Step S71
Then, film winding is started, and continuous scene information is recorded in step S72. Step S72 is repeated until one frame has been wound in step S73, and then winding is stopped in step S74. In step S75, the above n
Is determined to have reached a preset number N, and if not, the process returns to step S66 to repeat the above processing,
If affirmative, the zoom continuous shooting mode is canceled and step S1 is performed.
Proceed to 3.

According to the above-described procedure, since the second and subsequent frames of the zoom continuous shooting are likely to be in a continuous relationship with the first frame, the frame is always determined to be a continuous scene photographing frame and the continuous scene information is recorded. .

Fifth Embodiment Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 15 shows a block diagram in the present embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given to the same parts as in FIG. Connected to the control circuit 50 are a luminance detecting device 51 for detecting the luminance Bv of the subject, a film sensitivity setting device 52 for setting the film sensitivity Sv, and a switch SW5 which is turned on by pressing an auto bracketing mode setting button (not shown). Have been. The sensitivity setting device 52 reads the film sensitivity from the DX code of the film cartridge and sets the sensitivity according to the operation of the operation member. Control circuit 5
0 sets the auto bracketing mode with the turning on of the switch SW5. The auto bracketing mode is a mode in which a predetermined number N of images are continuously taken while changing the exposure value by a predetermined correction step X in accordance with one release operation. Shooting
This is referred to as bracketing photography. It should be noted that the correction step X and the number of shots N may be preset on the camera side or may be set by the photographer.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart in this embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given to the same parts as in FIG. After step S1, in step S81 the switch SW
5 is determined, and if it is off, the processes of steps S2 to S16 described above are performed, and the process returns to step S81.
If step S81 is affirmed, the auto bracketing mode is determined, and the process proceeds to step S82 to start auto bracketing photography. That is, first, in step S82, the count value n of the number of times of auto bracketing photographing is performed.
Is set to 1 and then, in step S83, it waits until the release switch SW1 is turned on. When turned on, an exposure calculation is performed in step S84. That is, using the set number N and the correction step X, the exposure value Ev is calculated as follows: Ev = Bv + Sv + ((N + 1) / 2−n) × (1) ), And the shutter speed Tv and the aperture value Av are obtained in accordance with Ev = Tv + Av (2).

Next, in step S85, shooting is performed based on the calculated Tv and Av, and thereafter, the processing in steps S3 to S12 is performed, and the flow advances to step S86. In step S86, the count value n of the number of shots is incremented by "1". If it is determined in step S87 that the release switch SW1 is on, in step S88,
Exposure calculation is performed using the same equation as in step S84. In step S89, shooting is performed based on the obtained Tv and Av, and then, in step S90, film winding is started, and in step S91, continuous scene information is recorded. Step S91 is repeated until one frame has been wound in step S92, and then step S93
To stop winding. In step S94, it is determined whether or not the number n has reached the set number N. If not, the process returns to step S86 to repeat the above-described processing, and proceeds to step S13 where the result is affirmative.

According to the above-described procedure, since the second and subsequent frames of auto bracketing photography are highly likely to be in a continuous relationship with the first frame, they are always determined to be continuous scene photography frames, and the recording of continuous scene information is performed. Is performed.

Further, instead of the auto bracketing shooting, the second and subsequent frames of the auto shift shooting may be determined to be continuous scene shooting frames. This auto shift shooting is
A predetermined number of photographings are continuously performed while changing the shutter time Tv and the aperture value Av by a predetermined amount so that the exposure value Ev does not change with one release operation. Are determined in steps S84 and S84.
Instead of the above equations (1) and (2) used in S88, Tv and Av may be obtained by the following equations. Tv = Ev / 2 + ((N + 1) / 2-n) Av = Ev / 2-((N + 1) / 2-n) (Ev = Bv + Sv)

In each of the embodiments described above, an example in which continuous scene information is magnetically recorded by a magnetic head has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, optical information can be optically transferred to a blank portion of a film or can be applied to a cartridge. The data may be electrically recorded in a provided memory.

[0035]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the elapsed time from the previous shooting to the current shooting is within a predetermined time, the current shooting frame is determined as a continuous scene shooting frame and the continuous scene information is determined. Is recorded, so if the possibility of a continuous scene is high, the continuous scene information is reliably recorded,
Undesirable photographs can be prevented. Especially claim 2
According to the fifth aspect, the difference between the subject brightness and the difference between the subject distances is taken into account, so that it is possible to more accurately determine whether or not the scene is a continuous scene. According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the second and subsequent frames in zoom continuous shooting are determined to be continuous scene frames and the continuous scene information is recorded, so that the same effects as described above can be obtained. According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, since the second and subsequent frames in auto bracketing photography are determined to be continuous scenes and the continuous scene information is recorded, the same effect as described above can be obtained. Can be According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the second and subsequent auto-shift shooting frames are determined as continuous scene shooting frames and the continuous scene information is recorded, so that the same effect as described above can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a camera capable of recording continuous scene information according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing another embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing another embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing another embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart following FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram according to a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure according to a fifth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 10 ', 20, 30, 40, 50 Control circuit 11 Exposure control device 12 Recording circuit 13 Magnetic head 14 Film winding device 15 Film movement detection device 16 Photometry device 17 Distance measurement device 41 Zoom lens drive device 42 Focal length detection Device 51 Subject brightness detection device 52 Film sensitivity setting device SW1 Release switch

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Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. A camera comprising: a determination unit for determining whether or not a frame is a continuous scene photographing frame; and a recording unit for recording continuous scene information for the frame determined to be a continuous scene photographing frame by the determination unit. , A timer that measures the elapsed time from the previous shooting to the current shooting
Comprising means when said judging means, when time measured by the clock means is within a predetermined time, a continuous scene information recordable camera, characterized in that to determine the current imaging frame continuous scene photographic frame . 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining means includes a timer
When the time is within a predetermined time and the difference between the subject brightness at the time of the previous shooting and the subject brightness at the time of the current shooting is less than a predetermined value, the current shooting frame is determined as a continuous scene shooting frame. A camera capable of recording the continuous scene information according to claim 1. 3. The measuring means according to claim 1, wherein
When the time is within a predetermined time and the difference between the subject distance at the time of the previous shooting and the subject distance at the time of the current shooting is less than a predetermined value, the current shooting frame is determined as a continuous scene shooting frame. Item 2. A camera capable of recording the continuous scene information according to Item 1. 4. The measuring means according to claim 1, wherein
The time is within a predetermined time, the difference between the subject brightness at the previous shooting and the subject brightness at the current shooting is less than a predetermined value, and the difference between the subject distance at the previous shooting and the subject distance at the current shooting is a predetermined value. 2. The camera capable of recording continuous scene information according to claim 1, wherein the current shot frame is determined to be a continuous scene shot frame when the value is less than or equal to. 5. The measuring means according to claim 1, wherein
The time is within a predetermined time, and at least one of a difference between the subject brightness at the time of the previous shooting and the subject brightness at the time of the current shooting and / or a difference between the subject distance at the time of the previous shooting and the subject distance at the time of the current shooting is a predetermined value. 2. The camera capable of recording continuous scene information according to claim 1, wherein the current shot frame is determined to be a continuous scene shot frame when the value is less than or equal to. 6. A camera comprising: determination means for determining whether or not a frame is a continuous scene shooting frame; and recording means for recording continuous scene information for the shooting frame determined to be a continuous scene shooting frame by the determination means. In the above, zoom continuous shooting in which shooting is performed a plurality of times while changing the focal length of the shooting lens is enabled, and the determination unit determines the second and subsequent frames of the zoom continuous shooting as continuous scene frames. A camera capable of recording continuous scene information. 7. A camera comprising: determination means for determining whether or not a frame is a continuous scene shooting frame; and recording means for recording continuous scene information for the shooting frame determined to be a continuous scene shooting frame by the determination means. In the above, auto bracketing shooting in which shooting is performed a plurality of times while changing the exposure value by a predetermined amount can be performed, and the determining means continuously performs shooting frames of the second and subsequent frames of the auto bracketing shooting. A camera capable of recording continuous scene information, characterized in that it is determined to be a scene shooting frame. 8. A camera comprising: determination means for determining whether or not a frame is a continuous scene photographing frame; and recording means for recording continuous scene information for the photographing frame determined to be a continuous scene photographing frame by the determination means. In the above, auto-shift shooting in which a plurality of shootings are performed while changing the shutter speed and the aperture value by a predetermined amount so that the exposure value does not change can be performed, and the determination means includes two frames of the auto-shift shooting. A camera capable of recording continuous scene information, characterized in that photographed frames after the first eye are determined to be continuous scene photographed frames.