Orientation System For Image Recording Device

An image recording device having a projected viewfinder for establishing an outer boundary of a field of view for a target image, comprising:

• a variable focal length objective lens having a variable field of view;
• multiple sets of light beam emitters, each set of light beam emitters positioned around an outer perimeter of the variable focal length objective lens at incrementally greater distances from the variable focal length objective lens, wherein each set of light beam emitters projects a corresponding set of framing beams which circumscribes at least in part said outer boundary of the field of view of the objective lens and which is projected onto the target image beyond the scope of the field of view of the variable focal length objective lens, thereby avoiding interference with the field of view;
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• a controller for synchronizing the multiple sets of light beam emitters to project the set of framing beams that corresponds to a preset level of magnification of the variable field of view of the variable focal length objective lens.