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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2003
Akiyoshi Tochigi, Kokubunji, JP;
Hirohiko Kimata, Hino, JP;
Akiyoshi Tochigi, Kokubunji, JP;
Hirohiko Kimata, Hino, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention relates to an imaging system equipped with an electronic viewfinder suitable for compactness and having a sufficient angle of viewing field and satisfactory optical performance, especially the ability to prevent harmful light. The imaging system comprises an image pickup optical system, an image pickup device for receiving a light beam guided by the image pickup optical system, an image display device for displaying an image thereon, a controller for converting image information obtained from the image pickup device into signals capable of being displayed on the image display device, and a viewing optical system for guiding an image appearing on the image display device to a viewer's eye. The viewing optical system comprises, in order from an image display device side, one negative lens and one positive lens.