Abstract: Hand held compact apparatus, e.g. a camera, for photographically copying a portion of an illuminated image includes a member that enables a camera operator to accurately frame and/or preview a portion of the image prior to its exposure, a portion that becomes blocked from view when the camera is placed in its exposure position. In operation a camera operator places the framing and/or previewing member in direct contact with a selected portion of a backlighted film transparency, prior to its exposure. When framing and/or previewing is complete, the operator rotates the pivotally attached camera into its image copying or exposure position. An opening through the framing and/or previewing member and an opening in the camera housing through which the image must pass for image copying purposes become mechanically aligned with one another when the camera is rotated into its exposure position, thereby enabling an accurately framed photograph of the selected transparency portion to result.