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Camera finder employing holographic view field frames

US4576458A · kind A · utility

15Cited by
5References
18Claims
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Filing dateApr 2, 1984
Grant dateMar 18, 1986
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B13/14
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A camera finder capable of indicating a view field frame for determining the range of photographing and a target mark for showing a desired focus adjusting portion. Interposed between an objective lens and an eye lens in this finder are holograms having recorded thereon view field frames and a target mark. The hologram is irradiated by a reference beam or beams, whereby the view field frame and the target mark are regenerated. In the hologram, there are recorded a first view field frame in which a parallax is corrected in the long-medium distance and a second view field frame in which a parallex is corrected in the short distance. A beam source for regenerating each view field frame is selected in accordance with an object distance, whereby a view field frame corresponding to the object distance is regenerated. The parallax can be corrected as described above.

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