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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2002
Hideaki Kume, Tokyo, JP;
Giichi Kaneta, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera is provided that includes a camera housing and a TFT panel, which permits verification of a formed image, located on the back of the camera housing. A strobe unit and an electronic viewfinder unit are located in the upper part of the camera housing. The electronic viewfinder unit has a unit body including: a TFT panel permitting viewing of an object image; an eyepiece opposed to the back of the camera housing and used to view the object image displayed on the TFT panel; and a prism serving as an optical path conversion member that bends by a predetermined angle light emitted from an object image displayed on the TFT panel so as to route the light to the eyepiece, and adjoining the TFT panel and the eyepiece.