Camera

Claim 2

A camera comprising: automatic focusing means for focusing in each of a plurality of different automatic focusing modes; advancing means for advancing a recording medium in each of a plurality of advance modes; exposure means arranged to be capable of execut­ing each of a plurality of exposure programs; storing means for storing said automatic focus­ing modes, said advance modes and said exposure programs in different combinations, each of said combinations consisting of a specific automatic focusing mode, a specific feeding mode and a specific exposure program; setting means for setting a plurality of photo­graphing modes; and control means which is arranged such that, when a specific photographing mode is set by said setting means, a photographing operation is allowed to be carried out in an applicable combination of said specific auto­matic focusing mode, said specific advance mode and said specific exposure program stored in said storing means.

Claim 3

A camera according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of automatic focusing modes include at least first and second automatic focusing modes; said first automatic focusing mode is arranged such that, once an in-focus state is attained, a photo-taking optical system is kept in the position of said in-focus state; and said second automatic focusing mode is arranged such that, even after attainment of an in-focus state, the position of said photo-taking optical system is continuously shifted in response to a movement of a photographing object to newly bring said optical system into an in-focus state.

Claim 4

A camera according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of advance modes include at least first and second advance modes; said first advance mode is arranged such that only one frame portion of said recording medium is advanced even when a shutter releasing operation is continuously performed; and said second advance mode is arranged such that said medium is advanced for every photographing shot while said release operation continues.

Claim 5

A camera according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of exposure programs include at least first and second programs; said first program is arranged to determine an aperture value and a shutter speed according to a change in the luminance of an object to be photographed; said second program is arranged to determine an aperture value and a shutter speed also according to a change in the luminance of said object; and said first and second programs determine different aperture values and different shutter speeds even for the same object's luminance.

Claim 6

A camera according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of automatic focusing modes include at least first and second automatic focusing modes, said first automatic focusing mode being arranged such that, once an in-focus state is attained, a photo-taking optical system is kept in the position of said in-focus state and said second automatic focusing mode being arranged such that, even after attainment of an in-focus state, the position of said photo-taking optical system is con­tinuously shifted in response to a movement of a photo­graphing object to newly bring said optical system into an in-focus state; said plurality of advance modes include at least first and second advance modes, said first advance mode being arranged such that only one frame portion of said recording medium is advanced even when a shutter releasing operation is continuously performed and said second advance mode being arranged such that said medium is advanced for every one of photographing shots as long as said release operation continues; and said plurality of programs include at least first and second programs, said first program being arranged to determine an aperture value and a shutter speed according to a change in the luminance of an object to be photographed, said second program being arranged to determine an aperture value and a shutter speed also according to a change in the luminance of said object, but said aperture value and shutter speed determined by said second program being arranged to differ form those determined by said first program even for the same object's luminance.

Claim 7

A camera according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying that a specific photographing mode is set by said setting means.

Claim 8

A camera according to claim 1, wherein said set­ting means includes two operation members disposed on a camera body, said two operation members being arranged to permit said specific photographing mode to be set only when said two members are simultaneously operated.

Claim 9

A camera according to claim 7, wherein one of said two operation members is a push button and the other a dial.

Claim 10

A camera according to claim 1, further comprising discrimination means for making a discrimination between use and nonuse of a flash device, said control means being arranged to perform exposure control by forcedly selecting another program when the use of a flash device is detected by said discrimination means.

Claim 11

A camera comprising: mode selection means for selecting a photograph­ing mode from among a plurality of selectable photograph­ing modes; storing means for storing setting modes in com­binations, each combination consisting of a series of setting modes including an automatic focusing mode and an advance mode; detection means for detecting a photographing mode selected by said mode selection means; and control means arranged to read out from said storing means said series of setting modes in a combina­tion which corresponds to said photographing mode detected by said detection means and to have these modes executed.

Claim 12

A camera comprising: mode selection means for selecting a photograph­ing mode from among a plurality of selectable photograph­ing modes; storing means for storing setting modes in com­binations, each combination consisting of a series of setting modes including an automatic focusing mode and an advance mode; detection means for detecting a photographing mode selected by said mode selection means; and control means arranged to read out from said storing means said series of setting modes in a combina­tion which corresponds to said photographing mode detected by said detection means and to have these modes executed.

Claim 13

A camera according to claim 10, further compris­ing display means for displaying the kind of said photo­graphing mode selected by said mode selection means.

Claim 14

A camera according to claim 11, wherein said display means is arranged to numerically display the kind of said photographing mode by utilizing a numerical dis­play part provided for the purpose of displaying camera information other than said photographing mode.

Claim 15

A camera according to claim 10, further compris­ing ----- the rest is the same as in claim 9.

Claim 16

A camera according to claim 10, wherein said storing means is arranged to store a plurality of differ­ent combinations of said setting modes; and said control means is arranged to select one of said plurality of combinations of said setting modes according to said photographing mode selected by said mode selection means.