Patent ID: 6822685
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An electronic camera comprising:an imaging optical system for taking in a light beam from a subject along a first optical axis, dividing the light beam into a primary light beam and a secondary light beam, deflecting the primary light beam along a second optical axis crossing the first optical axis, focusing the primary light beam, and guiding the secondary light beam to an optical finder; a single image-pickup element for receiving the primary light beam focused by the imaging optical system, photoelectrically converting the primary light beam, and thus acquiring image data; a first circuit board on which the image-pickup element is mounted; and a housing containing the image-pickup element and the first circuit board, wherein the first circuit board is disposed to extend in a plane oblique to a bottom surface of the housing, and an electronic component is disposed in a space defined between the first circuit board and the bottom surface of the housing.