Patent ID: 8023033

Claim:
A viewfinder comprising: a main unit to be detachably attached to a camera body; and a display unit including a display portion on which a picture to be imaged at said camera body side; wherein said display portion includes a supporting member, a display panel including a display surface, a first connecting mechanism configured to connect said main unit and said supporting member so as to rotate, and a second connecting mechanism configured to connect said supporting member and said display panel so as to swing between a laid state in which said display panel is laid on said supporting member and a standing state in which said display panel stands from said supporting member; wherein said first connecting mechanism is configured such that said supporting member can rotate within a range of at least not less than 180 degrees on said main unit, the viewfinder further comprising: an eyepiece unit configured to enlarge a picture displayed on said display surface; wherein the front face of said display panel is configured so as to include a front face plate in which an opening is formed, and said display surface provided so as to be located at the inside of said opening; and wherein said front face plate is provided with a lamp indicating the operation state of said camera body or said display unit; and wherein said eyepiece unit includes a mirror configured to refract an optical path, and an eyepiece unit side attachment portion which is detachably attached to said supporting member; and wherein said eyepiece unit side attachment portion includes an opening having a size corresponding to said display surface, and a display board extending in a frame shape along the circumference of said opening; and wherein a window portion for passing through the light of said lamp is formed at said display board in a state in which said eyepiece unit is attached to said supporting member; and wherein characters or symbols indicating the function of said lamp are formed with mirror characters of which the relation between the left and right positions is reversed at the location corresponding to said window portion on the face of said display board which is located in the opposite direction of said supporting member.