Zooming finder
AssigneeAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShuji Yoneyama, Takayuki Ito
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Abstract
An improved zooming viewfinder includes, in order from the object side, a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group that has a zooming capability and which is capable of moving along the optical axis, a negative third lens group that has a half mirror surface on the pupil side, and a fourth lens group that is a positive eyepiece and which has a field-limiting frame on the side the closest to the object. The eyepiece includes, in order from the object side, a positive lens element 4a and a negative lens element 4b.
Claims9
A zooming viewfinder that comprises, in order from the object side, a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group that has a zooming capability and which is capable of moving along an optical axis of the viewfinder, a negative third lens group that has a half mirror surface on the pupil side, and a fourth lens group that is a positive eyepiece and which has a field-limiting frame on the side the closest to the object, said eyepiece comprising, in order from the object side, a positive lens element 4a and a negative lens element 4b which has a concave surface on the object side thereof, said viewfinder satisfying the following condition:
- 0.7<rb/f4<-0.1
- rb:
- the radius of curvature of the concave surface on the object side of the lens element 4b;
- f4:
- the composite focal length of the fourth lens group taken as a whole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.