Abstract: Provided is a surveying instrument including a light emitting section for emitting distance measuring light having an intensity distribution in which an intensity is high at the center and it became lower as approaching the periphery, a light receiving section for receiving the distance measuring light via a measurement object; and a distance-measurement optical system for guiding the light to the light receiving section via the measurement object. The surveying instrument performs a prism-mode and non-prism-mode measurements. The optical system includes an aperture diaphragm arranged in a distance-measurement optical path during the prism-mode-measurement. An opening of the aperture diaphragm has widths of greater than 0 and not greater than 0.5 times the full width at half maximum of the intensity distribution in a cross-section of non-prism-distance-measurement beam in the horizontal and vertical direction.

Abstract: A lens mount with a mount ring (1) having a mount ring axis (1.1), at which mount ring (1) is provided an edge support (1.2) which is radially extended with respect to the mount ring axis (1.1), with a round optical component (2) which contacts the edge support (1.2) by an end face and with an intermediate ring (3) which contacts the other end face of the optical component (2) and which is fixed in position opposite the mount ring (1), e.g., by means of a screw ring (4.1). Three point-shaped first protuberances (1.3) and second protuberances (3.3), respectively, are provided at the edge support (1.2) and at the intermediate ring (3) in each instance on an imaginary circular ring (1.4) of identical size at angular distances relative to one another, and one each of the first protuberances (1.3) and one each of the second protuberances (3.3) lie in each instance on an imaginary straight line (5) running parallel to the mount ring axis (1.1) through the edge region (2.2).

Abstract: A video camera obtains a capture scope obtained through finder optics of a single-lens reflex camera and indicated by a view frame mask. A PC detects the position corresponding to the capture scope from the captured image captured by the image pickup device of the single-lens reflex camera, generates the information designating the position, and stores the information in the single-lens reflex camera. The system controller of the single-lens reflex camera extracts a part of the area in the captured image captured by the image pickup device, and records the image of the area in a memory card.

Abstract: A finder unit includes an objective optical system for forming a viewing image, an inverting optical system for making the viewing image formed by the objective optical system an erecting normal image, an eyepiece optical system for viewing the viewing image, a first optical component deployed closer to the objective optical system than the viewing image formation position, and a second optical component deployed closer to the eyepiece optical system than the viewing image formation position; and satisfies the condition 8<1000×(D1+D2)/f2(1/m) when the focal length of the eyepiece optical system is represented as f (mm), the distance from the viewing image formation position to the first optical component as D1 (mm), and the distance from the viewing image formation position to the second optical component as D2 (mm).

Abstract: Optical projection systems for the display of electronic images often suffer from degraded image quality due to color field registration errors caused by lateral chromatic aberration. Although most projection lenses are partially corrected for lateral chromatic aberration during the design process, the uncorrected residual aberration limits the imaging performance of many projection displays, especially when displaying text and graphics with single-pixel-wide features. Some embodiments of the invention correct color field registration errors due to lateral chromatic aberration in multiple-imager projection systems. Other embodiments of the invention correct radial distortion and keystone distortion in single-imager and multiple-imager projection displays. In some embodiments of the invention, the imager(s) pixel geometry is arranged to compensate for optical aberrations, which result from the optical system so as to achieve a corrected image.

Abstract: Disclosed is a viewfinder apparatus for a camera, comprising: a curvilinear image-forming surface in a viewfinder optical system independent of a photographic optical system; a field frame disposed adjacent to the image-forming surface for defining a reference field of view, the field frame being formed into a curvilinear shape such as to match in profile with the image-forming surface; a field-correcting frame for correcting the field of view defined by the field frame, the field-correcting frame being supported on an arm portion that is pivoted about a revolving shaft in a direction normal to an optical axis of the viewfinder optical system, the field-correcting frame being formed into a curvilinear shape such as to correspond in profile with the image-forming surface; and a motor for driving the field-correcting frame into movement along the image-forming surface, whereby the field-correcting frame of the viewfinder optical system is invariably viewed.

Abstract: An apparatus, such as a camera, comprises a computing device which computes a parallax correction signal for correcting a parallax of a viewfinder on the basis of a focusing distance and a focal length of an image forming optical system, and a driving device which drives the viewfinder on the basis of the parallax correction signal provided by the computing device.

Abstract: A hybrid camera includes a camera housing (12); an electronic imaging device (68) supported within the camera housing; a first optical system (58) for focusing light from a scene onto the imaging device, the first optical system having a first optical axis (16') and a first field of view (162); a film imaging plane (48) defined within the camera housing for photographic film (44); a second optical system (30) for focusing light from a scene onto the film imaging plane, the second optical system having a second optical axis (14') spaced from the first optical axis and a second field of view (164); a viewfinder (18, 26) supported by the camera housing, the viewfinder having a third optical axis (18') and a third field of view, the viewfinder being located relative to a selected one of the first and second optical systems such that the third field of view includes at least 75% of the field of view of the selected optical system; the field of view of the selected optical system being larger than that of a non-sel

Abstract: A lens camera having a viewfinder mechanism and an adjustable strobe light generating unit, wherein the zoom viewfinder mechanism has a disk cam to cause a lens group of a viewfinder optical system to move back and forth in an optical axis direction according to a difference of the distances in the radial direction from the rotation center of shafts of individual lenses of the lens group, the shafts fitting in grooves of the disk and driving the individual lenses of the lens group in order to perform variable power of a zoom viewfinder. Drive gears drive the disk cam and one of the drive gears is a helical gear which has a predetermined angle for a lead angle, the rotation center of the disk cam and the rotation axis direction of the one drive gear being positioned so as to intersect.

Abstract: A camera having an apparatus for correcting parallax includes viewfinder optical system for viewing an object. A shooting lens system for photographing the object is disposed such that the optical axis of the shooting lens system is different from the optical axis of the viewfinder optical system. The shooting lens system includes a correcting lens group such that image shift is accomplished by decentering the correcting lens group. A focusing lens group, spaced from the correcting lens group, is moveable along the optical axis of the shooting lens system. Parallax that is created by changes in the position of the object is corrected by accomplishing an image shift by the shooting lens system.

Abstract: A camera viewfinder device adapted for use in a camera having a photographic lens for photographing a subject and a rangefinder system for producing rangefinding information. The viewfinder device includes a display unit having multiple display parts that indicate a rangefinding spot within a viewfinder field and a control device that selectively controls the illumination and indication states of the multiple display parts of the display unit to produce the rangefinding spot based on information about photographic conditions including the focal length of the photographic lens and the rangefinding information. Also provided is a display device for use in a camera having a photographic lens for photographing a subject and a rangefinder system for producing rangefinding information.

Abstract: A camera viewfinder having a plurality of lens groups, wherein a photographing optical system of the camera is separate from the viewfinder. The viewfinder includes a parallax error compensating and diopter adjusting lens group which is one of the plurality of lens groups. The viewfinder further includes a guide member for guiding the compensating and adjusting lens group in a direction that intersects the optical axis of the viewfinder so as to move the lens group towards and away from the optical axis of the photographing optical system. In addition, there is provided an object distance detecting mechanism for detecting a distance of an object to be photographed, and a movement control mechanism for continuously moving the parallax error compensating and diopter adjusting lens group along the guide member in accordance with the object distance detected by the object distance detecting mechanism.

Abstract: A parallax correcting mechanism for a real image type viewfinder, particularly for a real image type viewfinder having a zoom function of high magnification and allowing a desired parallax correction to be easily achieved by swinging a housing for an erecting optical system relative to a housing for an objective side optical system and thereby adjusting a relative position between an optical axis of the objective side optical system and an optical axis of the erecting optical system at its incidence side. More specifically, the housing for the objective side optical system containing therein lens holders serving to hold objective lenses respectively, includes a support hole at a position thereon appropriately spaced from a common optical axis of these objective lenses.

Abstract: A switch input unit detects the ON/OFF states of first and second release switches. A timer unit detects the input timings of the switches. A CPU controls a finder shift mechanism via a shift control unit in accordance with the timing detection results so as to switch the optical axis of a finder device. A multi-point distance measuring circuit for multi AF measures object distances at a plurality of points in a frame in accordance with an instruction from a point switching unit. The CPU re-controls the finder shift mechanism and the multi-point distance measuring circuit depending on the input states of the first and second release switches. More specifically, in a camera having a multi-point distance measuring device according to this invention, in order to take a picture free from a parallax by a simple operation, after an operation for switching the optical axis of the finder device is performed, distance measurement is performed again immediately before a photographing operation.