Patent ID: 8040422

Claim:
A viewfinder comprising: a rail removably attached to an image pickup apparatus; a seat coupled to the rail so as to be movable in an extending direction of the rail; a display panel formed in a rectangle having left and right sides and upper and lower sides to have a display surface on which an image picked up by the image pickup apparatus is displayed; and a pair of left and right arms supporting the display panel on the seat; wherein one end of each of the arms is turnably connected to a corresponding one of left and right lateral portions of the seat, and the other end of each of the arms is turnably connected to a rear surface of the display panel at a vertically intermediate portion inside each of the left and right sides, the rear surface of the display panel being located oppositely to the display surface, the display panel is arranged to be brought into a first display state where the display surface is located on an upper surface of the seat so as to rise perpendicularly to the upper surface thereof and into a second display state where the display surface is located at a position away from the seat to face a direction away from the seat and to be perpendicular to an imaginary extending surface of the upper surface, and in the first display state, a portion of each of the left and right arms located close to the rear surface of the display panel is located within an outline of the display panel as viewed from the display surface side.