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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shinichi Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiko Terui, Ichikawa, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396 55 ;
Abstract
An optical apparatus having a lens device mounted on a body device, such that the lens device has a vibration compensation device located within the lens device. A mode switch is mounted on either the body device or the lens device and makes it possible to drive an optical lens which compensates for vibration of the optical apparatus at arbitrary times. Also, the mode switch enables vibration compensation of the viewfinder picture during preparations for taking a photograph and compensation of the vibration of an image on the picture plane of the optical apparatus during exposure of film in the optical apparatus.