A driving mechanism with linear clamp for driving a rotatable ring of a lens on a camera to rotate including a base, a driving unit, a slave unit and a clamping unit is provided, wherein the rotatable ring can be a focus ring or a zoom ring. The camera is hold on the base, while the driving unit and the slave unit are glidingly disposed on the base and located at opposite sides of the lens. The driving unit includes at least a driven wheel, and the slave unit includes at least an idler wheel. The clamping unit is disposed on the base for synchronously moving the driving unit and the slave unit toward the lens to let the driven wheel and the idler wheel lean against the rotatable ring in different directions, so the idler wheel will be rotated when the driven wheel drives the rotatable ring to rotate.

A driving mechanism with linear clamp for driving a rotatable ring of a lens on a camera to rotate including a base, a driving unit, a slave unit and a clamping unit is provided, wherein the rotatable ring can be a focus ring or a zoom ring. The camera is hold on the base, while the driving unit and the slave unit are glidingly disposed on the base and located at opposite sides of the lens. The driving unit includes at least a driven wheel, and the slave unit includes at least an idler wheel. The clamping unit is disposed on the base for synchronously moving the driving unit and the slave unit toward the lens to let the driven wheel and the idler wheel lean against the rotatable ring in different directions, so the idler wheel will be rotated when the driven wheel drives the rotatable ring to rotate.

An apparatus includes a sensor including a plurality of arranged pixels, having a first sensitivity for a first area of the plurality of arranged pixels and a second sensitivity lower than the first sensitivity for a second area of the plurality of arranged pixels during preliminary light emission of a flash, and a processing circuit configured to generate an image of a subject area to be imaged based on a signal obtained by performing correction corresponding to a difference between the first sensitivity and the second sensitivity on a signal acquired from the sensor.

A shutter unit includes a base plate, a first blade operation member movable integrally with the first blade member between a first movement completion position and a first movement start position, a second blade operation member movable integrally with the second blade member between a second movement completion position and a second movement start position, a first charge member configured to charge the first blade operation member from the first movement completion position to the first movement start position, and a second charge member configured to charge the second blade operation member from the second movement completion position to the second movement start position, wherein the first charge member and the second charge member include coaxially arranged cam gears and are configured to rotate in opposite directions.

A shutter unit includes a base plate, a first blade operation member movable integrally with the first blade member between a first movement completion position and a first movement start position, a second blade operation member movable integrally with the second blade member between a second movement completion position and a second movement start position, a first charge member configured to charge the first blade operation member from the first movement completion position to the first movement start position, and a second charge member configured to charge the second blade operation member from the second movement completion position to the second movement start position, wherein the first charge member and the second charge member include coaxially arranged cam gears and are configured to rotate in opposite directions.

An apparatus includes a sensor including a plurality of arranged pixels, having a first sensitivity for a first area of the plurality of arranged pixels and a second sensitivity lower than the first sensitivity for a second area of the plurality of arranged pixels during preliminary light emission of a flash, and a processing circuit configured to generate an image of a subject area to be imaged based on a signal obtained by performing correction corresponding to a difference between the first sensitivity and the second sensitivity on a signal acquired from the sensor.