Patent ID: 6434335
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera comprising:a finder optical system having a focusing screen provided therein, said focusing screen having at least one finder index formed thereon; a reflecting mirror disposed to make upward and downward movements in a flipping motion area between a reflecting position where said reflecting mirror reflects and guides a photographic light beam to said finder optical system, and a shooting position where said reflecting mirror recedes from a photographic light path; and an illuminating unit that illuminates the at least one finder index formed on said focusing screen to display the at least one finder index in superposition on a finder image formed by the photographic light beam; and wherein: said illuminating unit is arranged at a lateral side of the flipping motion area of said reflecting mirror; and illuminating light from said illuminating unit is reflected by said reflecting mirror located in the reflecting position to illuminate the at least one finder index.