Real image mode variable magnification finder optical system

Abstract

A real image mode variable magnification finder optical system includes an objective lens system having a positive refractive power as a whole, an image erecting system for erecting an intermediate image formed by the objective lens system, and an eyepiece system having a positive refracting power as a whole, in which the entrance surface of the image erecting system has a negative refracting power and an intermediate image is formed between the entrance surface of the image erecting system and the eyepiece system. Thus, the real image mode variable magnification finder optical system, although it is such an optical system that an erect image is obtained by a Porro prism system constructed of a plurality of reflecting members, has important advantages in practical use that a finder length is reduced, optical performance is favorable, design is compact, and finder magnification is high.

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