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Waist level finder optical system

US5270758A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 12, 1992
Grant dateDec 14, 1993
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Expiry dateFeb 12, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B23/14
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A waist level finder optical system comprising, in order from the object side: an objective lens system for finder comprising a first lens unit having positive refractive power and a second lens unit having negative refractive power; a reflecting member for erecting an image of object formed by the objective lens system; and a field lens having positive refractive power. This finder optical system can have a total length as a whole which is shortened without changing a half angle of incidence, a height of a principal ray as measured on the field lens and a distance as measured from the field lens to an eye point.

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