Patent ID: 7202901
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A video camera comprising: a video camera body including a lens system with an optical axis and having a storage recess formed in one side surface thereof; imaging means housed in said video camera body for imaging an object and generating a video signal corresponding to an imaged object; an electronic viewfinder having a display surface for monitoring the video signal generated by said imaging means and being of a size to fit within said storage recess; an angularly movable support attached to said one side surface of said video camera body and attached to a midpoint of a first side edge of said electronic viewfinder for movably supporting said first side edge of said electronic viewfinder for angular movement about a first axis perpendicular to said optical axis, so that in a first position said electronic viewfinder resides in said storage recess and in a second position said electronic viewfinder is positioned at a right angle to said one side surface of said video camera body; and auxiliary angularly moving means attached to said angularly movable support at said midpoint of said first side edge of said electronic viewfinder for mounting said electronic viewfinder for 180° rotational movement about a second axis perpendicular to said first axis and perpendicular to said one side surface, so that when said electronic viewfinder is in said first position said electronic viewfinder has one of a first orientation with said display surface facing away from said storage recess and a second orientation with said display surface of said electronic viewfinder facing into said storage recess.