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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1994
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photographic optical system and a viewfinder are disposed above a recorder casing for recording a signal obtained by photography. The photographic optical system and the viewfinder are disposed so as not to overlap each other in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the photographic optical system and so that an optical path of the photographic optical system and an optical path of the viewfinder overlap each other as viewed on an extended line of the optical axis of the photographic optical system. In addition, the photographic optical system is disposed above the recorder casing, and the recorder casing is arranged to eject downward a recording medium for recording of a signal obtained by photography. A grip is disposed on one side of the aforesaid recorder casing, and an operating part for driving a mechanism for varying the magnification of the photographic optical system is provided at the rear of the photographic optical system.