Camera

Claim 2

A camera comprising: a) a first image pickup device for picking up a still image by using a silver-halide film; b) a second image pickup device for electrically picking up a moving image by using a photoelectric conversion element; and c) an image pickup optical system for guiding an image light flux both to said first image pickup device and said second image pickup device, including: c-1) a fixed half mirror for guiding the image light flux both to said first image pickup device and said second image pickup device; c-2) a first light quantity adjusting device provided for said first image pickup device for adjusting said image light flux in response to an input signal, the first light quantity adjusting device being adjustable so as to make variable the image light flux; and c-3) a second light quantity adjusting device provided for said second image pickup device for adjusting image light flux as adjusted by said first light quantity adjusting device, the second light quantity adjusting device being adjustable so as to make variable the image light flux.

Claim 3

A camera according to claim 1, wherein said first image pickup device includes a shutter.

Claim 4

A camera according to claim 1, wherein said first light quantity adjusting device is arranged to change from a full open state to a stopped-down state only when picking up a still image, and wherein said second light quantity adjusting device is arranged to vary a stopped-down amount thereof always according to a luminance of the image light flux when picking up a moving image.

Claim 5

A camera according to claim 1, further comprising a focus detecting device arranged to detect focus by using the image light flux obtained between said half mirror and said first image pickup device.

Claim 6

A camera according to claim 1, further comprising a cassette housing part arranged to house a video tape cassette containing a tape on which the moving image picked up by said photoelectric conversion element is to be recorded.

Claim 7

A camera according to claim 1, wherein said image pickup optical system includes a reducing optical system arranged to guide a reduced image light flux to said second image pickup device.

Claim 8

A camera according to claim 6, wherein said second light quantity adjusting device is disposed within said reducing optical system.

Claim 9

A camera according to claim 1, further comprising a viewfinder optical system arranged to make observable an image displayed by a display device arranged to display the moving image picked up by said photoelectric conversion element.

Claim 10

A camera according to claim 8, wherein said viewfinder optical system includes a reflecting mirror arranged to totally reflect the image displayed by said display device and an eyepiece.

Claim 11

A camera according to claim 1, wherein said image pickup optical system is arranged to guide light passing through said half mirror to said first image pickup device and to guide light reflected by said half mirror to said second image pickup device.

Claim 12

A camera according to claim 10, wherein said first light quantity adjusting device is arranged to change from a full open state to a stopped-down state only when a still image, and wherein said second light quantity adjusting device is arranged to change a stopped-down amount thereof always according to a luminance of the image light flux when picking up a moving image.

Claim 13

A camera according to claim 10, wherein said image pickup optical system includes a reflecting mirror arranged to totally reflect the light reflected by said half mirror and a reducing optical system arranged to reduce the image light flux totally reflected by said reflecting mirror and guide the reduced image light flux to said second image pickup device.

Claim 14

A camera according to claim 12, wherein said image pickup optical system has a plurality of field lenses provided for pupil adjustment of the image light flux and disposed on an optical axis between said half mirror and said reflecting mirror.

Claim 15

A camera according to claim 13, wherein said plurality of field lenses are arranged in such a way as to have an aerial image formed between said field lenses in a position which is equivalent to a surface of the silver-halide film.

Claim 16

A camera according to claim 12, further comprising a viewfinder optical system arranged to make observable an image displayed by a display device arranged to display the moving image picked up by said photoelectric conversion element.

Claim 17

A camera according to claim 15, wherein said viewfinder optical system is swingably supported by a camera body.

Claim 18

A camera according to claim 10, further comprising a focus detecting device arranged to detect focus by using the image light flux obtained between said half mirror and said first image pickup device.

Claim 19

A camera comprising: a) a first image pickup device arranged to pick up a still image by using a silver-halide film; b) a second image pickup device arranged to electrically pick up a moving image by using a photoelectric conversion element; c) an image pickup optical system arranged to guide an image light flux both to said first image pickup device and said second image pickup device, said image pickup optical system including a first light quantity adjusting device provided for said first image pickup device and settable in response to an input signal, the first light quantity adjusting device being adjustable so as to make variable the image light flux, and a second light quantity adjusting device provided for said second image pickup device and arranged to adjust the image light flux which has been adjusted by said first light quantity adjusting device, the second light quantity adjusting device being adjustable so as to make variable the image light flux; and d) a control circuit device for controlling said first light quantity adjusting device and said second light quantity adjusting device, said control circuit device controlling both said first light adjusting device and said second light adjusting device to be brought into stopped-down states when a still image is to be picked up by said first image while said second image pickup device is in process of picking up a moving image.

Claim 20

A camera comprising: a) a first image pickup device arranged to pick up a still image by using a silver-halide film; b) a second image pickup device arranged to electrically pick up a moving image by using a photoelectric conversion element; c) an image pickup optical system arranged to guide an image light flux both to said first image pickup device and said second image pickup device, said image pickup optical system including a first light quantity adjusting device provided for said first image pickup device and settable in response to an input signal, the first light quantity adjusting device being adjustable so as to make variable the image light flux, and a second light quantity adjusting device provided for said second image pickup device and arranged to adjust the image light flux which has been adjusted by said first light quantity adjusting device, the second light quantity adjusting device being adjustable so as to make variable the image light flux; and d) a control circuit device for controlling said first light quantity adjusting device and said second light quantity adjusting device, said control circuit device controlling both said first light adjusting device and said second light adjusting device to be brought into stopped-down states when a still image is to be picked up by said first image while said second image pickup device is in process of picking up a moving image.

Claim 21

A camera according to claim 18, wherein said control circuit device is arranged to determine a stopped-down aperture diameter of said first light quantity adjusting device according to at least one of information items including a sensitivity of the silver-halide film, a shutter speed, an accumulation time of said photoelectric conversion element, a shooting distance, a focal length, F number and T number of said image pickup optical system and a luminance of a picked-up object.

Claim 22

A camera according to claim 18, wherein said image pickup optical system includes a fixed half mirror arranged to guide the image light flux both to said first image pickup device and said second image pickup device.

Claim 23

A camera according to claim 20, wherein said image pickup optical system is arranged to guide light passing through said half mirror to said first image pickup device and to guide light reflected by said half mirror to said second image pickup device.

Claim 24

A camera according to claim 21, wherein said image pickup optical system includes a reflecting mirror arranged to totally reflect the light reflected by said half mirror and a reducing optical system arranged to reduce the image light flux totally reflected by said reflecting mirror and guide the reduced image light flux to said second image pickup device.

Claim 25

A camera according to claim 22, further comprising a viewfinder optical system arranged to make observable an image displayed by a display device arranged to display the moving image picked up by said photoelectric conversion element.

Claim 26

A camera according to claim 18, wherein said control circuit device is arranged to determine a stopped-down aperture diameter of said first light quantity adjusting device to be such an aperture diameter that does not block an image light flux defined by a stopped-down aperture diameter of said second light quantity adjusting device, when a still image is to be picked up by said first image pickup device while said second image pickup device is in process of picking up a moving image.

Claim 27

A camera according to claim 24, wherein said control circuit device is arranged to determine the stopped-down aperture diameter of said first light quantity adjusting device according to at least one of factors including a sensitivity of the silver-halide film, a shutter speed, an accumulation time of said photoelectric conversion element, a shooting distance, a focal length, F number and T number of said image pickup optical system and a luminance of a picked-up object.

Claim 28

A camera according to claim 24, wherein said image pickup optical system includes a fixed half mirror arranged to guide the image light flux both to said first image pickup device and said second image pickup device.

Claim 29

A camera according to claim 26, wherein said image pickup optical system is arranged to guide light passing through said half mirror to said first image pickup device and to guide light reflected by said half mirror to said second image pickup device.

Claim 30

A camera according to claim 27, wherein said image pickup optical system includes a reflecting mirror arranged to totally reflect the light reflected by said half mirror and a reducing optical system arranged to reduce the image light flux totally reflected by said reflecting mirror and guide the reduced image light flux to said second image pickup device.

Claim 31

A camera comprising: a) a first image pickup device arranged to pick up a still image by using a silver-halide film; b) a second image pickup device arranged to electrically pick up a moving image by using a photoelectric conversion element; c) an image pickup optical system arranged to guide an image light flux both to said first image pickup device and said second image pickup device, said image pickup optical system including a first light quantity adjusting device provided for said first image pickup device and settable in response to an input signal, the first light quantity adjusting device being adjustable so as to make variable the image light flux, and a second light quantity adjusting device provided for said second image pickup device and arranged to adjust the image light flux which has been adjusted by said first light quantity adjusting device, the second light quantity adjusting device being adjustable so as to make variable the image light flux; and d) a moving image correcting circuit device for performing a predetermined processing action on the moving image picked up by said second image pickup device when the still image is picked up by said first image pickup device, said moving image correcting circuit device being arranged to suppress output fluctuations of the moving image when a light quantity of the image flux is adjusted by said first light quantity adjusting device.

Claim 32

A camera comprising: a) a first image pickup device arranged to pick up a still image by using a silver-halide film; b) a second image pickup device arranged to electrically pick up a moving image by using a photoelectric conversion element; c) an image pickup optical system arranged to guide an image light flux both to said first image pickup device and said second image pickup device, said image pickup optical system including a first light quantity adjusting device provided for said first image pickup device and settable in response to an input signal, the first light quantity adjusting device being adjustable so as to make variable the image light flux, and a second light quantity adjusting device provided for said second image pickup device and arranged to adjust the image light flux which has been adjusted by said first light quantity adjusting device, the second light quantity adjusting device being adjustable so as to make variable the image light flux; and d) a moving image correcting circuit device for performing a predetermined processing action on the moving image picked up by said second image pickup device when the still image is picked up by said first image pickup device, said moving image correcting circuit device being arranged to suppress output fluctuations of the moving image when a light quantity of the image flux is adjusted by said first light quantity adjusting device.

Claim 33

A camera according to claim 29, wherein a stopped-down aperture diameter of said first light quantity adjusting device is determined according to at least one of information items including a sensitivity of the silver-halide film, a shutter speed, an accumulation time of said photoelectric conversion element, a shooting distance, a focal length, F number and T number of said image pickup optical system and a luminance of a pickedup object.

Claim 34

A camera according to claim 29, wherein said moving image correcting circuit device is arranged to amplify image information obtained from said photoelectric conversion element on the basis of a stopped-down aperture value or a stopping-down time of said first light quantity adjusting device.

Claim 35

A camera according to claim 31, wherein said image pickup optical system includes a fixed half mirror arranged to guide the image light flux both to said first image pickup device and said second image pickup device.

Claim 36

A camera according to claim 32, wherein said image pickup optical system is arranged to guide light passing through said half mirror to said first image pickup device and to guide light reflected by said half mirror to said second image pickup device.

Claim 37

A camera according to claim 33, wherein said image pickup optical system includes a reflecting mirror arranged to totally reflect the light reflected by said half mirror and a reducing optical system arranged to reduce the image light flux totally reflected by said reflecting mirror and guide the reduced image light flux to said second image pickup device.

Claim 38

A camera according to claim 29, wherein said moving image correcting circuit device is arranged to temporarily store image information obtained from said photoelectric conversion element and to output the image information obtained immediately before the commencement of a stopping-down process of said first light quantity adjusting device when said first light quantity adjusting device is stopped down.

Claim 39

A camera according to claim 35, wherein said image pickup optical system includes a fixed half mirror arranged to guide the image light flux both to said first image pickup device and said second image pickup device.

Claim 40

A camera according to claim 36, wherein said image pickup optical system is arranged to guide light passing through said half mirror to said first image pickup device and to guide light reflected by said half mirror to said second image pickup device.

Claim 41

A camera according to claim 37, wherein said image pickup optical system includes a reflecting mirror arranged to totally reflect the light reflected by said half mirror and a reducing optical system arranged to reduce the image light flux totally reflected by said reflecting mirror and guide the reduced image light flux to said second image pickup device.

Claim 42

A camera according to claim 29, wherein said image pickup optical system includes a fixed half mirror which is arranged to guide the image light flux both to said first and second image pickup devices.

Claim 43

A camera according to claim 39, wherein said image pickup optical system is arranged to guide light passing through said half mirror to said first image pickup device and to guide light reflected by said half mirror to said second image pickup device.

Claim 44

A camera according to claim 40, wherein said image pickup optical system includes a reflecting mirror arranged to totally reflect the light reflected by said half mirror and a reducing optical system arranged to reduce the image light flux totally reflected by said reflecting mirror and guide the reduced image light flux to said second image pickup device.