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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2005
Kunihito Saiki, Tokyo, JP;
Hirokazu Nakayoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshitake Terada, Chiba, JP;
Shunichi Matsunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Kunihito Saiki, Tokyo, JP;
Hirokazu Nakayoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshitake Terada, Chiba, JP;
Shunichi Matsunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a case, a photographing optical system, an imaging element, and a viewfinder device. The viewfinder device includes a viewfinder case, a transmission liquid crystal panel, a lighting device, a first sheet polarizer, and a second sheet polarizer. The viewfinder case includes a case body and a case partitioning member. The lighting device and the first sheet polarizer are supported inside the case partitioning member. The transmission liquid crystal panel is supported inside the case partitioning member with the display surface faced to the window. The second sheet polarizer is supported inside the case body.