Patent ID: 6643459
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A camera comprising:an optical unit provided with a photographic optical system that has at least a first lens group and a second lens group and forms an image of a subject, an image-capturing device that captures an image of the subject via said photographic optical system, a first drive device that drives back and forth said first lens group, a second drive device that drives back and forth said second lens group, and an optical viewfinder that forms a view field image, wherein at said optical unit, said photographic optical system and said optical viewfinder are provided beside each other, and said first drive device and said second drive device are each arranged in either one of two spaces formed between said photographic optical system and said optical viewfinder in a direction intersecting a direction in which said photographic optical system and said optical viewfinder are provided beside each other.