Patent ID: 6278845
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera incorporating a flash light illumination device, comprising:a finder optical system that can change a finder view range by changing a focal length of an object lens system having a plurality of object lens groups that move along an optical axis;a flash light illumination unit that is located along said optical axis behind the object lens system, and that illuminates flash light on a target through the object lens system; andan optical path changing means that is installed along said optical axis, and that can move between: (i) a first position where said optical path changing means bends an optical path of light traveling through said finder optical system by intruding between said object lens system and said flash light illumination unit to form a finder optical path, and (ii) a second position where said optical path changing means retracts from said optical axis to enable a flash light path to be formed for the flash light to be emitted from the flash light illumination unit through the object lens system.