Patent ID: 9596390
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G02B,G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imager that receives light collected from an object area through an imaging optical system provided at a front side facing an object, and to generate image data; a body including the imager and a shaft; an optical sight including a light source for emitting luminous flux, and an optical reflector that allows light from the object area to transmit and reflect the luminous flux emitted by the light source toward a back side opposite to the front, the optical sight produces a virtual image of the luminous flux emitted by the light source in the object area or near the object area; a flash light emitter that irradiates the object area with illumination light; a leg that is pivotally supported on the body and holds the flash light emitter and the optical sight such that the leg is rotatable around the shaft in a direction away from the body and in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the imaging optical system, at startup of the optical sight; and a pair of position detectors that detect a position of the imaging apparatus, the position detectors being provided in the leg and at positions symmetrical to the optical axis of the imaging optical system.