Patent ID: 8290359
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An optical finder unit comprising: light guide means for guiding an optical image of a subject to a finder window through an internal space formed in the optical finder unit; and a display unit capable of displaying information on the finder window through the internal space when the display unit is in a set state in which the display unit is set in a predetermined position, wherein the display unit in the set state blocks an opening communicating with the internal space, the display unit can transit from the set state to a non-set state in which the display unit is not set in the predetermined position but unblocks the internal space, and wherein a predetermined mechanism allows the display unit to be shifted outward from the opening communicating with the internal space and pivot around a predetermined pivotal axis, and the display unit in the set state transits to the non-set state by causing the display unit to shift outward from the opening and then pivot around the predetermined pivotal axis.