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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Hitoshi Nishimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiaki Tanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Tomoyuki Takada, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Kohinata, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Nishimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiaki Tanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Tomoyuki Takada, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Kohinata, Yokohama, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A digital camera includes: a mirror box that defines a space in which a light flux from a photographic lens is guided to an imaging unit; a mirror unit that is arranged inside the mirror box and is configured to rotate between a viewing position in which the mirror unit is inserted in a photographic light path from the photographic lens to the imaging unit to reflect the light flux and a photographing position in which the mirror unit is retracted from the photographic light path; and an opening section that discharges from the mirror box air that is moved when the mirror unit is rotated.