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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1978
Taizo Kawaguchi, Amagasaki, JP;
Haruo Kobayashi, Toyokawa, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A camera having at least two objective lenses of different focal lengths, which can be selectively externally manually positioned in the camera photographic optical path includes an inverted Galilean viewfinder optical system consisting of a front negative, divergent lens group and a rear positive, convergent lens group. The divergent lens group consists of two concave lenses which are transferrable between a first position providing a low magnification and a second position providing a high magnification. In the first position both concave lenses are in the viewfinder optical path and the other concave lens remains in the viewfinder optical path and is shifted to a second position axially spaced from its first position along the finder optical axis.