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`STROBE DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH STROBE
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`DEVICE
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`TECHNICAL FIELD
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`This invention relates to a strobe device which can change an
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`illumination direction of a
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`light-emitting unit
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`(variable illumination
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`direction type strobe device) and to an imaging device equipped with the
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`strobe device.
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`BACKGROUND ART
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`In the past, such an imaging device has been proposed that performs
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`a bounce flash shooting, in which a subject to be photographed is indirectly
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`illuminated by diffused light obtained by reflecting strobe light emitted from
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`a light-emitting unit of a strobe device with a reflective body such, for,
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`example, as a ceiling or wall,
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`to obtain a more natural image (see, for
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`example, PTL 1 of Patent Literature).
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`That is, in the bounce flash shooting, a light-emitting plane of the
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`light-emitting unit of the strobe device is not directly faced to the subject,
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`but is faced toward a desired direction in which a reflective body such as a
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`ceiling or a wall existsso that the subject is illuminated by the strobe light
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`reflected by the reflective body and photographed under this illumination
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`condition.
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`In the strobe device disclosed in PTLI, however, the direction of the
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`light-emitting unit must be manually set by a photographer. Therefore, if a
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`desired image is not obtained, it is necessary to readjust the direction of the
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