Patent ID: 8977118
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A variable magnification viewfinder device comprising: a variable magnification viewfinder optical system provided independently from an imaging system comprising a taking lens and a solid state image sensor, the variable magnification viewfinder optical system inserting or retracting a variable power lens into or from a viewfinder optical path between an objective lens and an eyepiece lens in an interlocking manner with an operation for changing a magnification of the taking lens and changing a viewfinder magnification stepwise; an electronic display panel for displaying information related to imaging; an optical path member for introducing the information displayed on the electronic display panel to a viewfinder field of view from a position closer to the eyepiece lens than a position at which the variable power lens is inserted or retracted; and a luminance changing section for automatically changing luminance of the information displayed on the electronic display panel, in accordance with the change in the viewfinder magnification.