Focusing hood for use on a digital camera
OwnerJochen Müllerinventor
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Abstract
A telescopically extendible focusing hood which improves the viewing of the LCD screen of a digital camera in bright surrounding light. The focusing hood can be fixed to the rear wall of the camera, surrounding the LCD screen. The focusing hood preferably has an anti-reflection-coated enlarging lens or glass disk which covers the entire cross-section of the focusing hood in parallel to the fixing plane. In its extended state, the focusing hood can be used with a single lens in the manner of a 35 mm camera finder. When the enlarging lens is pushed in, the focusing hood can be used with two lenses for assessing the image.
Claims20
Screen shade for use on a digital camera with an LCD screen in a wall of a camera casing, comprising at least two telescopic sections of which a first section has means for attachment thereof to the camera casing surrounding the LCD screen and a second section which is telescopically movable relative to the first section for movement, when attached to the camera, toward and away from the camera casing;
- wherein a magnifying lens is fitted in the second section of the screen shade and is movable between a first, extended viewfinder position, a second picture viewing position in which the lens is positioned closer to a camera attachment end of the first section and an third inactive transport position, and wherein a reflection protection means for protecting against reflection when said magnifying lens is in the picture viewing position is provided, said reflection protection means remaining extending when said magnifying lens is moved inward from said extended viewfinder position.
Digital camera, comprising a camera casing, an LCD screen in a wall of the camera casing, a sunshade having at least two telescopic sections of which a first section has means for attachment thereof to the camera casing surrounding the LCD screen and a second section which is telescopically movable relative to the first section for movement toward and away from the wall of camera casing;
- wherein a magnifying lens is fitted in the second section of the screen shade and is movable between a first, extended viewfinder position, a second picture viewing position in which the lens is positioned closer to a camera attachment end of the first section and an third inactive transport position, and wherein a reflection protection means for protecting against reflection when said magnifying lens is in the picture viewing position is provided, said reflection protection means remaining extended when said magnifying lens is moved inward from said extended viewfinder position.
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