Patent ID: 7885537

Claim:
An image transporting apparatus adapted for use with a camera having a rear viewfinder showing an image at a viewfinder monitoring location and a camera body with a viewfinder accessory connection mounted on the camera body, the apparatus comprising: a viewfinder image capturing device including a sensor positioned at the viewfinder monitoring location, the sensor receiving the image displayed from the viewfinder and generating an image data signal, the viewfinder image capturing device further including a bracket; an image display device including a communication circuit and a display device, the communication circuit receiving the image data signal and the display device displaying the image at an alternative location to the viewfinder monitoring location, the image display device further including a rotating mechanism connected to the bracket rotatably supporting the image display device off of the viewfinder image capturing device; and a support adapter connected to the viewfinder image capturing device, wherein the support adapter supports the viewfinder image capturing device and the image display device off of the camera body using the viewfinder accessory connection.