Albada type zoom finder
AssigneeAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHirofumi Matsuo
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Abstract
An Albada zoom finder includes a first lens assembly of positive power, a second lens assembly of negative power, a third lens assembly of negative power and a fourth lens assembly of positive power, arranged in this order from the object side of a camera. An Albada frame is provided on the lens surface of the fourth positive lens assembly on the object side thereof. A reflecting surface is provided on the lens surface of the third negative lens assembly on the viewing side thereof, wherein each of the four lens assemblies is comprised of a single lens. Only the second negative lens is movable as a variable power lens assembly.
Claims12
An Albada zoom finder comprising a first lens assembly of positive power, a second lens assembly of negative power, a third lens assembly of negative power and a fourth lens assembly of positive power, arranged in this order from an object side, an Albada frame provided on an object side lens surface of said fourth positive lens assembly, and a reflecting surface provided on a viewing side lens surface of said third negative lens assembly, wherein only said second negative lens is movable as a variable power lens assembly, and wherein each of said four lens assemblies is comprised of a single lens, said fourth positive lens being provided with an aspheric surface having a positive refractive power which decreases in a radial direction toward a circumferential portion of said aspheric surface, said aspheric surface being provided on a viewing side of said fourth lens assembly.
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