Patent ID: 6819868
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera having an electronic viewfinder unit, said camera comprising:a camera housing having a back and a front; a display member for the electronic viewfinder unit having a display surface provided substantially in parallel to the back of the camera housing, on which an image of an object is displayed based on an image signal obtained by an imaging device; an eyepiece opposed to the back of said camera housing and used to view the image displayed on said display member; and an optical path conversion member having both a light inlet side and a light outlet side opposed to the back of said camera housing, wherein the inlet side is opposite to said display member and the outlet side is opposite to said eyepiece, and wherein said optical path conversion member lets in light emitted from the image displayed on said display member from the inlet side, bends the light by substantially 180Â°, and then lets out the light from the outlet side into said eyepiece.