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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2000
Yoko Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A digital camera having a camera body which includes a main surface and a lens surface substantially orthogonal to the main surface, a photographic lens of a photographic optical system positioned on the lense surface, and an optical viewfinder unit rotatably attached to the main surface such that the optical viewfinder unit is rotatable to a position substantially orthogonal to the main surface of the camera body and in a plane substantially parallel to said lens surface. An operation unit is positioned in the camera body such that operations buttons are arranged on the main surface of the camera body and, when the optical viewfinder unit is in a closed position, the operation buttons are substantially covered to protect against unintentional operation.