Camera operable with flash and in daylight and tungsten modes

Claim 2

A camera for use with a flash device having means for generating an indication indicative of completion of preparation for flash emission, said camera comprising: (A) means for selecting a photographic mode of the camera from a first mode suited for photography under day-light illumination and a second mode suited for photography under tungsten-light illumination; and (B) means responsive to completion of preparation for the flash emission for fixing the photographic mode of the camera at said first mode irrespective of the selection by said selecting means.

Claim 3

The camera according to claim 1, further comprising: image pick-up means for providing an electrical signal indicative of image scanning; processing means for processing said electrical signal to produce a color image signal; and control means for controlling color balance of said color image signal produced by said processing means, said control means having a first control mode suited for said first photographic mode and second control mode suited for said second photographic mode; said selecting means being coupled to said control means to select the control mode from one of said first and second control modes in accordance with the selection of the photographic mode from said first and second photographic modes; and said fixing means being coupled to said control means to fix the control mode thereof at said first control mode in response to the completion of the preparation for the flash light emission of said flash device.

Claim 4

The camera according to claim 2, wherein said control means includes color balance control circuit means for controlling gain of the color signal processing by the processing means, said circuit means having said first and second control modes.

Claim 5

The camera according to claim 3, wherein said processing means includes variable gain means; said circuit means being arranged to control the gain of said variable gain means.

Claim 6

The camera according to claim 2, wherein said control means includes optical means for converting color-temperature characteristics of an image light to be received by said image pick-up means, said optical means having first and second states corresponding respectively to said first and second control modes.

Claim 7

The camera according to claim 5, wherein said optical means has a color conversion filter movable between first and second respective positions corresponding to said first and second states, at the first position the filter being inserted in a light path of said image light and at the second position the filter being retracted from said light path.