Abstract: An apparatus for splitting radiant energy beams produced by a laser or other light source. The apparatus comprises a plurality of mirrors, each aligned to reflect a beam or plurality of beams from one mirror to the next. Each mirror comprises a glass body with a layer of 50% reflective coating and a layer of anti-reflecting coating on one side of the body. A layer of 100% reflective coating is on the other side of the body. A beam is, thus, 50% reflected from the first reflective layer and allowed 50% to pass through the layer. The remainder of the beam is reflected from the 100% reflective layer.

Abstract: According to a photographing apparatus of this invention, tilt angles of a photographing optical system at least at two points on a plane and a lens position in an in-focus state or in a zooming state are prestored before a photographing operation. When an object moving on the plane is photographed in practice, the focusing or zooming operation of the photographing lens system is appropriately performed in accordance with the tilt angle of the optical photographing system directed toward the object and the prestored data.