Patent ID: 7583892

Claim:
A finder device comprising: a mat screen arranged in a finder optical path on which a subject image is formed; an imaging section for acquiring a finder image including the subject image on the mat screen; an image display section for displaying image data acquired by the imaging section; and a light-emitting display section arranged in the finder, wherein the light-emitting display section can adjust the amount of light emitted therefrom so that the light-receiving level of the imaging section is not saturated during the light-emitting display, wherein the imaging section has a function for adjusting its imaging sensitivity automatically according to the brightness of the subject, and the light-emitting display section adjusts the amount of light emitted therefrom according to the imaging sensitivity of the imaging section, and wherein the imaging section stops automatic adjustment of the imaging sensitivity during the light-emitting display operation of the light-emitting display section.