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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2000
Daigo Yoshioka, Toyonaka, JP;
Masahito Niikawa, Sakai, JP;
Daigo Yoshioka, Toyonaka, JP;
Masahito Niikawa, Sakai, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A rotatable semitransparent mirror is arranged at an inclination above the optical path from the taking lens to the image sensing element, and the light reflected by the semitransparent mirror is directed to an optical finder provided above the mirror. The image sensed by the image sensing element is displayed on a liquid crystal display. The variation in the optical path from the taking lens to the image sensing element depending on whether or not the semitransparent mirror is set on the optical path is corrected by changing the position of the image sensing element or the taking lens, such that the impingement state of the light on the image sensing element or the optical path length from the taking lens to the image sensing element is normally rendered fixed. Both the image provided by the optical finder and the image displayed by the liquid crystal display accurately represent the image forming state on the image sensing element regardless of whether or not the semitransparent mirror is set on the optical path.