Patent ID: 6366323
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
A digital camera comprising:a photographic lens movable along an optical axis thereof between a retracted position and a photographing position in front of said retracted position; image pick-up device on which an object image is formed through said photographic lens, said image pick-up device being guided to be movable between a first position where said image pick-up device is positioned in a photographic optical path of said photographic lens behind said photographic lens and a second position where said image pick-up device is positioned out of said photographic optical path; and a mechanism for moving said image pick-up device between said first position and said second position, wherein said moving mechanism moves said image pick-up device to said first position when said photographic lens is moved from said retracted position to said photographing position, and wherein said moving mechanism moves said image pick-up device to said second position when said photographic lens is moved from said photographing position to said retracted position.