Camera

Abstract

A camera (1), in particular an electrically powered digital camera (1), equipped with a removable lens (6), the camera being provided with a transparent element (3) such as a thin pane of glass (3), mounted behind removable lens (6), the pane of glass (3) being mounted in such a way on camera (1) that dust particles entering lens port (8) when removable lens (6) is removed from camera (1), settle on the front of glass pane (3) and cannot enter camera (1) and settle on an image gathering element (2) which may be a digital sensor (2), camera (1) being a camera for motion such as a video camera (1) or a camera (1) for still pictures and possibly video. Glass pane (3) may be mounted on a unit behind lens (6) to seal or substantially seal camera (1) from dust entering camera (1) through lens port (8) and settling on image sensor 2. A still camera (1) may have a mirror for reflecting the image to a viewfinder system or the camera may use a “live preview” sensor with image capture without a mirror or the camera may may have a non-reflex viewfinder.

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