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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2014
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Koyanagi, Saitama, JP;
Tadashi Jogetsu, Saitama, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camerahas an imaging optical system, an imaging deviceand a finder deviceThe finder deviceincludes a variable magnification lenswhich can be inserted into and removed from an optical path, and a shutterwhich can switch between a closed state in which it interrupts light coming from a finder windowand an open state in which it allows passage of light coming from the finder windowThe camerais equipped with a driverfor controlling insertion and removal of the variable magnification lensin accordance with the focal length of the imaging optical system, a driverfor controlling the state of the shutterand a CPUThe CPUcontrols the shutterso that it is kept in the closed state while the variable magnification lensis being moved.