Patent ID: 6507703
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: G02B,G03B

Abstract:
A camera, comprising:a photographing mode setting device to selectively set a normal photographing mode or a trimming-photographing mode, wherein the trimming photographing mode is a mode configured to produce a part of a photographing image; a zoom lens including a focal length variator configured to set an arbitrary focal length corresponding to the normal photographing mode and the trimming photographing mode, said focal length variator being adapted to move the focal length of said zoom lens set to the telephoto side of the normal photographing area to the wide angle side during a transition time the normal photographing mode to the trimming photographing mode; and a viewfinder including a view-angle variator to change an angle of view corresponding to the focal length set in said zoom lens, said variator configured to change the angle of view of the viewfinder narrower continuously before, during and after the transition time from the normal photographing mode to the trimming photographing mode, wherein starting and terminating the focal length variation of said zoom lens and the change of angle of view of said viewfinder occur substantially simultaneously.