Patent ID: 7092025

Claim:
Adapter for a video camera, comprising: an adapter housing ( 30 ′) for attaching the adapter to the video camera; a first objective ( 12 ), accommodated in the adapter housing ( 30 ′), through which light from a scene ( 14 ) to be picked up is guidable into the adapter housing ( 30 ′); a projection area ( 16 ) movably supported with respect to the adapter housing ( 30 ′) and disposed with respect to the first objective ( 12 ) such that light guided through the first objective ( 12 ) forms a first image of the scene ( 14 ) onto an image surface of the projection area; and, wherein the projection area ( 16 ) comprises a round disk ( 44 ) having a circumferential surface ( 42 ) and further wherein a means for moving the projection area comprises a belt engaged with the circumferential surface and a belt drive ( 40 ) configured to rotate the round disk about an axis.