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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2014
Applicant:

Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masayuki Koyanagi, Saitama, JP;

Tadashi Jogetsu, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/12 (2006.01); G03B 17/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23296 (2013.01); G03B 13/12 (2013.01); G03B 17/20 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01);
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.


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