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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2007
Klaus Jacumet, Munich, DE;
Klaus Jacumet, Munich, DE;
Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A viewfinder system for a camera, in particular a movie camera, in which there runs a viewfinder beam path that is diverted from a recording beam path for film exposure is provided. The viewfinder system comprising an eyepiece, an eye closure, a shutter for masking out stray light penetrating into the camera via the viewfinder system, and a control device that triggers the shutter and is connected to a sensor. The viewfinder system further comprising a sensor device for contactless detection of an eye or head, located at the eye closure of the viewfinder system, of a person viewing the picture to be recorded through the eyepiece.