Patent ID: 6630959
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An SLR digital still camera comprising:a photographing lens; a quick return mirror comprising a half mirror which is movable between a viewing position and a photographing position, said quick return mirror being located, in said viewing position, in a photographing light path to make light carrying an object image transmitted through the photographing lens incident on a finder optical system, and in said photographing position, being retracted from the photographing light path to make the object light incident on a CCD located in a focal plane of the camera; an anti-reflection plate which is movable close to, or away from, a rear surface of the quick return mirror; and an anti-reflection plate driving mechanism which moves the anti-reflection plate to a retracted position in which the anti-reflection plate is retracted from the photographing light path when the quick return mirror is in said viewing position, and to a cover position in which the anti-reflection plate extends along the rear surface of the quick return mirror when the quick return mirror is in said photographing position.