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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2007
Masahito Ochi, Chiba, JP;
Toshiaki Maeda, Yokohama, JP;
Masahito Ochi, Chiba, JP;
Toshiaki Maeda, Yokohama, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera includes a first image pickup section, a viewfinder optical system, a second image pickup section, a displaying section, an operation section, and a controlling section. The viewfinder optical system has an eyepiece section that can observe an optical image of a subject with a light flux from a photographing optical path of the first image pickup section. The second image pickup section photographs a view confirming image from an optical path different from that of the first image pickup section. The displaying section provides the eyepiece section with the view confirming image. The operation section accepts from a user a displaying operation to ask for displaying of the view confirming image. The controlling section switches between a first state to provide the eyepiece section with the optical image and a second state to provide the eyepiece section with the view confirming image.