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Electronic still camera

  • US 20020039145A1
  • Filed: 04/06/2001
  • Published: 04/04/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic still camera for determining photographing conditions from an output of a solid-state imaging device by a preparative photographing operation prior to an actual photographing and generating an actual photographing image from an output signal of the solid-state imaging device based on the photographing conditions, comprising:

  • a solid-state imaging device;

    means for reducing a read-out rate of a image signal from the solid-state imaging device at the actual photographing operation lower than a read-out rate of a image signal from the solid-state imaging device at the preparative photographing operation; and

    band-width changing means for reducing a signal passing band-width at the actual photographing operation narrower than a signal passing band-width at the preparative photographing operation in a image signal path from the solid-state imaging device.

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