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US 5,854,951 AGranted
Finder
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorKazumi Ito
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Abstract
A finder is designed so that in a camera having three or more kinds of formats, a finder magnification can be changed in association with conversion of format, and for conversions into at least two kinds of formats of the three or more kinds of formats, finder magnifications are changed at the same magnification ratio by the same technique.
Claims8
A finder for a camera, wherein said camera has a first picture-framing format, a second picture-framing format and a third picture framing format that are alternatively selected, said finder comprising:
- a frame shape changing means for changing a frame shape of a finder view in accordance with alternation between said first picture-framing format, said second picture-framing format, and said third picture-framing format;
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- a finder magnification changing means for changing a magnification of said finder and functioning in association with alternation between said first, second and third picture-framing formats so as to set said finder, when said first picture-framing format is selected, in a position for a first magnification, and to set said finder, when one of said second and third picture-framing formats is selected, in a position for a second magnification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.