US 2004/0001157 A1 · Digital camera

Abstract

A main frame of a camera body has a CMOS image sensor and an eyepiece of an optical finder, and the lens unit popped up from the camera body has a taking lens and an objective lens of the optical finder. Light shielding walls are formed on the main frame, and light shielding walls are formed on the lens unit. When the lens unit is popped up, the light shielding walls and the light shielding walls slightly overlap each other, thus preventing a light from the optical finder from entering the CMOS image sensor. Thus, the digital camera has a lens unit popped up from a camera body and prevents unnecessary lights other than a subject light from entering an image pickup device.

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Dependent claims

A digital camera, comprising:

a camera body which has an image pickup device and an eyepiece of an optical finder;
a lens unit which holds a taking lens and an objective lens of the optical finder;
and
a popping up mechanism which projects and retracts the lens unit from and in the camera body, wherein:
the camera body has a first light shielding wall which divides the image pickup device from the eyepiece;
the lens unit has a second light shielding wall which divides the taking lens from the optical finder;
and
when the lens unit is popped up, the first light shielding wall and the second light shielding wall slightly overlap each other, or an end surface of the first light shielding wall and an end surface of the second light shielding wall are flush with each other, thereby preventing a light that enters the optical finder from entering the image pickup device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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