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Interchangeable finder device

US4401374A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 4, 1981
Grant dateAug 30, 1983
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Expiry dateSep 4, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B19/12
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An interchangeable finder device of a single lens reflex camera has a finder optical system in which a focusing screen, a pentaprism and an eyepiece are fixed in a predetermined positional relation, a casing containing the optical system therein, and a mounting-dismounting device provided on the casing to mount the casing to the camera body. The finder device further has a sliding mechanism for supporting the finder optical system slidably in a direction perpendicular to the focus surface of the focusing screen relative to the mounting-dismounting mechanism so that the finder optical system can move in said perpendicular direction independently of the mounting-dismounting device when the casing is mounted to the camera body by means of the mounting-dismounting device.

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