Patent ID: 7079185
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera comprising: a first lens unit, formed of a plurality of lenses, on which a light beam is incident from a subject, a reflective member for reflecting a light beam, which has come from the subject and has been transmitted through the first lens unit, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the first lens unit, a subject image capturing device arranged at a location where the light beam reflected from the reflective member forms a subject image, and mounted integrally with a frame member, a focus adjusting mechanism which performs a focus adjustment operation for the subject image by varying a distance between the reflective member and the subject image capturing device, and a subject light beam incident window, formed in a housing member, and having an opening dimension that permits the light beam from the subject incident on the first lens unit to be transmitted therethrough, wherein the window has a long edge thereof to permit the light beam incident on the first lens unit to be transmitted therethrough regardless of when the distance between the reflective member and the subject image capturing device, which is varied in response to the focus adjustment operation, is set to be shortest or when the distance between the reflective member and the subject image capturing device is set to be longest.