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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2007
Applicant:
Yoichiro Okumura, Hino, JP;
Inventor:
Yoichiro Okumura, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 19/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is disclosed a single-lens reflex camera which does not drive a movable reflecting mirror when it enters a shooting operation while a live view is being displayed. For example, the rotation direction of a motor controlling the driving of shutter charge and a movable reflecting mirror can differ between a live view state and the other states. Then, a transmission mechanism for transmitting a driving force from the motor to the movable mirror is configured to release its engagement between the motor and the movable mirror when the motor rotates in a direction for the live view state.