Patent ID: 6134389
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
A camera comprising:varying means for varying an image pickup area from a first size to a second size, the second size having a shorter diagonal length than the first size;an optical system which forms an image on said image pickup area, said optical system having an angle of view and comprising:an objective lens which moves on an optical axis of said optical system when the image pickup area is varied from the first size to the second size, andauxiliary lens means, insertable into a light path of the objective lens, for varying the focal length of the optical system in a wide angle direction when the image pickup area is varied from the first size to the second size, wherein said objective lens moves in response to movement of said auxiliary lens means when said auxiliary lens means is inserted into the light path of said objective lens, and wherein the angle of view of the optical system at the second size is larger than the angle of view of the optical system at the first size.