Patent ID: 7876373
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera comprising: a first image pickup section photographing a recording-purpose image; a viewfinder optical system including an eyepiece section capable of observing an optical image of a subject with a light flux from a photographing optical path of said first image pickup section; a second image pickup section photographing a view confirming image from an optical path different from that of said first image pickup section; a mounting section capable of mounting and dismounting an interchangeable lens, and acquiring focal-length information of said interchangeable lens; a display processing section executing display processing that superimposes a frame indicating a range of a field angle of said first image pickup section, onto said view confirming image; a displaying section providing said eyepiece section with said view confirming image having been processed with said display processing; and a controlling section switching between a first state to provide said eyepiece section with said optical image and a second state to provide said eyepiece section with said view confirming image, wherein said displaying section changes a size of said frame based on said focal-length information when in said second state.