Image pickup apparatus

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2006-08-01

2006-08-01

Vu, Ngoc-Yen (Department: 2612)

Television

Camera, system and detail

With electronic viewfinder or display monitor

C396S374000, C396S492000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07084920

ABSTRACT:
In an image pickup apparatus comprising an optical finder for optically displaying an object image, an image pickup device for receiving the object image and converting it into an image signal for photographing, an electronic finder for displaying the object image received by the image pickup device on the basis of the image signal converted by the image pickup device, a focal plane shutter for shielding the image pickup device from light, and a beam guide device for guiding a beam from the object to the optical finder and the image pickup device, and a control method and a control program applied to the image pickup apparatus, the beam from the object guided by the beam guide device is changed over from the optical finder to the image pickup device and the focal plane shutter is rendered into its opened state so that before photographing, the image pickup device can receive the object image displayed by the electronic finder.

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