DIGITAL CAMERA WITH REPLACEABLE LENSES

Title:

DIGITAL CAMERA WITH REPLACEABLE LENSES

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP2007324796

Kind Code:

A

Abstract:

To provide a digital camera with replaceable lenses that is easy to use by preventing a stain and damage of a half mirror in a digital camera with replaceable lenses in which the half mirror is arranged in a photographing optical path and a through image can be displayed.

A movable half mirror 201 is movable between an insertion position in a photographing optical path and a retreat position outside the photographing optical path, and when the movable half mirror 201 is pressed from the outside, a mirror movement detection switch 216 detects the movement of the movable half mirror 201. When the detachment of a lens barrel 10 is detected (S25) and when it is detected that the movable half mirror 201 is moved by the pressing from the outside (S49), the retreat movement of the movable half mirror 201 is performed (S53), and when the lens barrel is reattached, the return movement of the movable half mirror 201 is performed (S59).

Inventors:

WATANABE YOJI

Application Number:

JP2006150967A

Publication Date:

December 13, 2007

Filing Date:

May 31, 2006

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP

International Classes:

H04N5/225; G02B7/28; G03B7/099; G03B13/36; G03B17/14; G03B19/12; H04N5/232; H04N5/235; H04N101/00

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Kobayashi discretion

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