JPS6235330A - Electronic finder camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To decide framing of a camera at self-photographing and remote photographing while a finder is viewed at the front of the camera by selecting the electronic finder from either the front or back of the camera and supporting the finder so as to view it. CONSTITUTION:In case of normal photographing, a power source switch 2 is set at a position A from a position L. The image of an object, which is transmitted through a photographing lens 3 and reflected by a mirror 14, is formed on a CCD are sensor 15, converted into a picture signal, and displayed on a display element 17. Then, in order to set the finder at an easy-to-see position, a finger is hung on a hanging part 4a, and the finder is set at a hanging position 4'. In this case, a steel ball 21 moves against a spring 20, and its falling down position is changed to an oblong hole position 19e from an oblong hole part 19d. In case of photographing through a self-timer, after the electronic finder 4 is set at the contained position, a knob 23e is slid against a spring 24. The lock between claw parts 23b and 19a is released, and the electronic finder 4 rotates along the force of a spring 22 to abut a stopper part 19e on a main body stopper part 1d, thereby locating the finder 4 at a position 4''.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to an electronic finder device for a silver halide film camera or a video camera.

<Prior Art> Conventionally, optical finders have been used in finder devices for 1Mtn film cameras and video cameras. The eye point of this finder usually has about 20 layers, and even a long one called a high eye point has 70 layers.
It was about mm. Therefore, if the distance from the observation position to the eyepiece of the finder is large, the finder image cannot be observed.

By the way, in recent years, due to rapid progress in the development of solid-state image sensors and display devices, very small TV cameras and still cameras incorporating elements such as COD have been released or announced, and watch-sized or pocket-sized cameras incorporating TFT liquid crystal, etc. TVs of this size are on sale. As a result, not only video movie cameras but also still cameras can now use electronic viewfinders instead of optical viewfinders such as pentaprisms.

If such an electronic finder device is used in place of an optical finder, there is an advantage that the finder image can be observed even if the distance from the observation position to the eyepiece of the finder is long.

In that case, when viewing the viewfinder image, it would be possible to view the viewfinder image only from the back of the camera, but this alone had the disadvantage of not fully utilizing the advantages of the electronic viewfinder device. .

<Object of the invention> The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks and
An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic viewfinder camera that supports the electronic viewfinder so that it can be observed by selecting one of the rear faces.

<Embodiment> FIGS. 1 to 4 are drawings for explaining an electronic finder camera according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view. In Figure 1, l is the camera body, 2 is the power switch
, 3 is a photographic lens, 4 is an electronic viewfinder, 5 is a connector cord that connects the circuit on the camera body side and the circuit of the electronic viewfinder, 6 is a grip that doubles as the camera body and a removable remote control function, and 7 is a ,
A release button, 8 is a release signal light emitting section consisting of an LED, etc., and 9 is a release signal light emitting section consisting of an SPC or the like.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the first illustrated embodiment.

10 is a battery (not shown) which is a power source for driving the film feed, shutter 1, aperture, etc.; 11 is a tripod screw for fixing to a tripod; 12 is a shutter; 13 is a film; and 14 is a photographing lens 3. A 45° mirror consisting of a half mirror that divides the light from the object that has passed through the film 13 and a CCD area sensor 15 (described later); 15 is a CCD area sensor located at the same position as the film 13;
17 is a display element made of TPT liquid crystal or the like and its drive circuit; 18 is an illumination device for illuminating the display element 17; 4' and 4'' respectively indicate the state of the electronic finder 4 during normal photographing and the state during self- or remote control photographing.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing details of the electronic finder 4 and its vicinity. Reference numeral 19 denotes a support plate, and a claw portion 19a engages with a latch lever 23, which will be described later, to lock the electronic finder 4 in the storage position. Further, the perforated projection 19b rotatably engages with the projection 4b of the electronic finder 4.

Coil spring 20 and steel ball 2 in hole 4C of electronic finder 4
1 is inserted, and the elongated hole 19d of the support plate 19 and the display device 4
At the storage position, it engages with the elongated hole 19e, and at the photographing position, it engages with the elongated hole 19e to maintain the photographing position. Further, the support plate 19 is biased in the counterclockwise rotation direction of a protrusion that rotatably engages with the perforated protrusion 1a of the camera body. Reference numeral 23 denotes a latch lever, which is slidably engaged with the protrusion 1b of the camera body through a long hole 23a, and is connected to the claw portion 23b and the claw portion 19 of the support plate 19 described above.
engage with a.

A coil spring 24 engages with the protrusion 23c, and the semi-cylindrical dust grip part IC of the camera body urges the coil spring 24 in the direction of locking the claw part (leftward in the figure).

The projection 23d engages with the tension lever 25, and when the electronic finder 4 is in the self-use position, the claw 2 of the lever 25 is engaged.
5a and the claw portion 23d engage to hold the latch lever and move the electronic finder 4 to the storage position, thereby releasing the claw portion 19a.
releases the latch between the latch 25a and the latch 23d by pushing the latch 25b against the urging force of the spring 26, and the latch lever slides to the left by the spring 24, and the latch 19a and the latch 23b are locked. do. 27 is a contact piece, 28 is a board, and contact piece 2
A switch 7 is fixed to the latch lever and slides on the substrate 28 as the latch lever moves, and is turned on in the self-use position. A latch cover 29 is an exterior member, and is fixed to the camera body l with screws 30. Reference numeral 23e designates a latch knob on which a finger rests when sliding the latch lever 23.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the grip 6 and its vicinity.

31 is a power switch, which is the release switch mentioned above. Further, 8' is also a release signal emitting section, and when the grip is attached to the camera body, it faces the release signal emitting section 9' on the camera body side, and transmits and receives the release signal.

32 is a grip locking hook and a locking plate 33 on the camera body side
engage with. By sliding the slide knob 34 of the locking plate 33 (downward in the drawing), the engagement position with the locking hook 32 becomes a large round portion, the grip locking hook is released, and the grip can be used as a remote control.

Next, the photographing operation will be explained.

First, when performing normal photography, the power switch 2 is turned from the L position to the A position. It is also assumed that the grip 6 is initially attached to the camera body. As a result, the image sensor 1
Power is supplied to the drive circuit for the display element 5 and the display element 17 and the illumination device 18 . Passes through the photographic lens 3, and then passes through the 45° mirror 1.
The object image reflected by 4 is formed on the CCD area sensor 15, converted into a single image signal, and displayed on the display element 17.In order to position the 0-order viewfinder in an easy-to-see position, place your finger on the hook 4a. Position 4' in Figure 2. In this case, the steel ball 21 moves against the spring 20 and the elongated hole 19d
Change the drop position from to 19e. Next, turn on the power switch 31 on the grip side to enable release. Next, focus on the subject of your choice and press the release button 7, causing the release signal emitting sections 8 and 8' to emit light, which is transmitted to the release signal receiving section. 9' receives light and performs calculations such as exposure, the shutter speed and aperture value are controlled on the desired program line, the film is exposed to 13%, and one frame is fed by a film feeding mechanism (not shown). It will be done.

Next, when photographing with the self-timer, the electronic finder 4 is placed in the storage position, and then the knob 23e is slid against the spring 24. The claws 23b and 19a are unlocked, the electronic finder 4 rotates along the force of the spring 22, and the stopper part 19e hits the main body stopper part 1d.

That is, the position is 4'' in FIG.

Then, the contact piece 27 slides on the substrate 28, and the self-switching switch constituted by the contact piece 27 and the substrate 28 is turned on. At this position, 23d and 25a are engaged and the latch lever 23 is locked.Next, slide the slide knob 34 to remove the grip from the camera body, then stand in front of the camera with the composition and focus determined in advance, and use the viewfinder. By determining the position in the viewfinder while looking at the camera and pressing the release button 7, the release signal light emitting sections 8 and 8' emit light, which is received by the release signal light receiving section 9. After this, on the camera body side, 1
Perform the release operation after a second.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, this is the case during normal shooting in which the electronic viewfinder is observed from the rear of the camera.

During self-time shooting or remote shooting in which the electronic viewfinder is observed from the front of the camera, the finder device is pivoted so that the electronic viewfinder can be observed, and the finder device is rotated around the axis to allow self-time shooting or remote shooting. It was configured so that the display was upside down compared to when shooting normally.

Therefore, during self-time shooting or remote shooting, the viewfinder display when viewed from the front of the camera will be reversed from left to right, and the direction of movement of the subject displayed in the viewfinder will be the same as the direction in which the subject is actually moving. I was doing it.

However, if part of the viewfinder is removable and the viewfinder image can be checked at hand during remote shooting, or if the viewfinder rotates around axes that are orthogonal to each other during normal shooting and remote shooting, This case, in which only the left and right sides of an image taken during normal photography must be processed in reverse, will be explained using FIG. 11, although the figure numbers are different.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the electronic one-view finder camera of the present invention, which is similar to FIG. 1 of the embodiment described above. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 11, the finder 4 shown in FIG. 1 is replaced by a finder 36 in FIG.

Here, the mechanism for holding the finder 36 at the position indicated by the two-dot chain line 4' in FIG. 2 in order to make it easier to view the finder 36 from the rear of the camera during normal photographing is the same as the embodiment shown in FIG. 1. However, in this embodiment, instead of providing an axis 19c' parallel to the axis 4b as in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, it is rotatable so that the finder image can be observed from the front of the camera during self-shooting or remote shooting. A turntable 37 is provided.

Next, the operation of the turntable 37 shown in FIG. 1O will be further explained using FIG. 12.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view of the vicinity of the turntable 37 of the electronic finder camera shown in FIG. 10. In FIG. 12, 19 is the shaft shown in FIG. 3, and 38 is a shaft, which is biased upward in the figure by a spring 39. 40 is the shaft 38
This is a switch whose state changes in conjunction with the . Reference numeral 41 indicates an operation knob fixed to the shaft 38, and is arranged on the rear surface of the camera. Note that 37a and 37b are holes provided in the turntable, into which the tip of the shaft 38 fits. The depths of the holes 37a and 37b are set so that the switch 40 is turned off when the shaft 38 is fitted into the hole 37b, and the switch 40 is turned on when the shaft 38 is fitted into the hole 37a.

Here, the state shown in FIG. 11 shows the normal photographing time in which the electronic finder 4 is observed from the rear of the camera. In this case, the tip of the shaft 38 is fitted into a hole in the turntable 37b. In this case, as explained in FIG.
By rotating the finder 36 around the center, the finder 36 can be easily observed from the rear of the camera.

In this case, the switch 49 is turned off. During 0-order self-shooting remote shooting, the knob 41 is slid downward to release the engagement between the shaft 38 and the hole 37b, and the turntable 37 is rotated to connect the shaft 38 and the hole 37a. mate. Further, in this case, the switch 40 is turned on. Then, the viewfinder 36 has the right and left sides reversed from the position shown in FIG. 12, and by rotating the viewfinder 36 around the shaft 19, it becomes easier to observe from the front of the camera.

In this embodiment, the viewfinder 36 is rotated by the turntable 37, so there is no need to turn the display on the viewfinder 36 upside down during normal shooting, self-shooting, or remote shooting, but the turntable 37 is rotated. In response to the switch 40 being turned on, the display on the finder 36 is reversed left and right.
If you use a 7-A bowed curved surface, the direction of movement of the subject displayed in the viewfinder will match the direction of movement of the subject that is actually moving, so it is especially difficult for the photographer. When photographing is performed after moving the camera so that the camera itself is displayed in the viewfinder, it has the effect of improving usability.

Next, the electric circuit of the electronic finder camera of this embodiment explained above will be explained.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the electric circuit of the electronic finder camera of this embodiment. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 51 indicates the contact piece 27 shown in FIG. A self-timer operation detection circuit detects whether the camera is in the self-timer mode by detecting the state of a switch constituted by the board 28; 54 is a drive circuit for driving the CCD area sensor 15; 56 is a drive circuit for driving the CCD area sensor 15; An image transfer circuit transfers the output of the CCD area sensor 15 to a frame memory 57 (to be described later) according to a control signal from a processing circuit 53, 57 is the frame memory, and 58 is an electronic finder 4 based on the image information sent from the frame memory. This is an electronic viewfinder drive circuit that drives the camera. 59 is a release signal receiving circuit that sends a release signal to the processing circuit 53 in response to a signal from the release signal light receiving section 9 shown in FIG. This is a release control circuit that drives a shutter aperture (not shown) or the like in accordance with an output signal. A processing circuit 53 drives the image transfer circuit 56 and the release control circuit 60 in response to signals from the self-timer operation detection circuit 51 and the release signal reception circuit 59.

Next, details of the image transfer circuit 56 and frame memory 57 shown in FIG. 5 and the relationship between the processing circuit 53, the image transfer circuit 56, and the frame memory 57 will be explained in detail with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 6, 71 is connected to the CC via the signal line L12.
An A/D converter 73 that converts a pixel signal as an analog quantity input from the D area sensor 15 into a digital value determines whether or not to output the digital signal output from the A/D converter 71 to the data bus line L8. It is a pass buffer that selects one of the following, and outputs a signal to the data bus line when a high level signal is applied to the C input terminal. A signal L3 is applied to the pass buffer 73 at its C input terminal.

Next, the components of the frame memory 57 will be explained.

QSC is a pulse oscillator, and 76 is a counter, which is in a reset state when an L3 signal to be described later is at a high level, and enters a counting state when it is inverted from a high level to a low level.

77.79 is an address decoder, and 78.80 is an address bus buffer. The counter 76 constantly measures the pulses output from the pulse oscillator QSC when the L3 signal becomes low level, and the counter 76 has a counting capacity corresponding to the number of memories in the frame memory M, and when the count is up, the next step is automatically started. It will be in the reset state. Address decoder 77 outputs a memory address corresponding to the count value of counter 76, and this address is accessed via address bus buffer 78 to each memory in the frame memory.

Further, the address decoder 79 receives address data input from the processing circuit 53 via the signal line L9, outputs a memory address corresponding to this value, and sends the address data to each memory in the frame memory M via the address bus buffer 80. Mll to Mmn are being accessed. The address bus buffer 78 and the address bus buffer 80 are address bus buffers that select whether or not to output the output signals of the address decoders 77 and 79 to the address bus line, respectively, and both have a high level signal applied to their C input terminals. outputs a signal to the address bus line when the A signal L3 is applied to the C input terminal of the address bus buffer 80, and the address bus buffer 7
0M is a frame memory to which the signal L3 is applied via an inverter I73. Frame memory M performs a data bus signal write operation when a high level signal is applied to the RE input terminal, and outputs data when a low level signal is applied, and also has a signal line connected to the RE input terminal. L3 is applied. The output terminal 01 of the processing circuit 53 is a terminal that generates an L3 signal for switching and driving the pass buffer 73 and address buffers 778 and 710, respectively.
When reading data from , it becomes low level.

Next, the operations of the image transfer circuit 56, frame memory 57, and processing circuit 53 configured as described above will be explained.

First, using FIG. 7, the A/D converter 7 of the image transfer circuit 56
The relationship between the L12 signal input to the memory M, the L22 signal of the clock CLK input to the memory M, and the L3 signal output from the output terminal 01 of the processing circuit 53 will be explained.

During the period Tl when the signal L3 is at a low level, the signal L3 is inverted to a high level and applied to the C input terminal of the address bus buffer 78 via the inverter I73, so the address bus buffer 78 receives the output signal of the address decoder 77. Output to address bus line. On the other hand, since the low level signal L3 is directly applied to the C input terminal of the address bus buffer 80, it becomes a high impedance state with respect to the address bus line and no data is output. Since a low level signal is applied to the terminal, it becomes a high impedance state with respect to the data bus line.

No data is output.

Also, the RE input terminal of the frame memory M has a low level L.
3 signal is applied, and the address decoder 77 receives the counter 7 signal.
Since the output data of No. 6 is being decoded, the memory corresponding to this decoded address outputs its contents to the data bus line.

Also, in this state, the oscillator O5C always repeatedly outputs the bus, and the counter 76 always performs a counting operation, so that, for example, the memory Mll in the frame memory M in FIG. 6 is read out and its memory contents are output. If so, the address decoder then specifies memory M12, and memory M12 outputs the memory contents to data bus L8. In this way, as the designated addresses of the address decoder increase, the memories M11, M12, M2S, . . .
From M21. The read operation is performed as M22, M2S, etc., and when the reading of the entire frame memory is completed, the counter 76 is automatically reset and the memory M is read again.
The data read out from each memory is transmitted to the electronic finder drive circuit 58 via the data bus line L8. Address data is also transmitted to the electronic viewfinder drive circuit 58 via the address data bus line L7, and the electronic viewfinder drive circuit 58 drives and displays the electronic viewfinder 4 in accordance with the transmitted information.

Next, a period T2 during which image signals are output in time series from the signal line L1 at the time when the accumulation of signals in the CCD area sensor 15 is completed will be described.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, the signal L3 switches from low level to high level at the same time as the image signal is output. As a result, a high level signal is applied to the C input terminal of the data bus buffer 73, so the bus buffer 73
outputs the digital conversion value, which is the output of the A/D converter 71, to the data bus line. Since a signal at a higher level than signal L3 is applied to the C input terminal of the address bus buffer 80, the address decoder 79 specifies the address of a specific memory in the frame memory via the address bus buffer 80. The memory of the address is C.
Writes the output value of the data bus buffer 73 in synchronization with the rise of the L22 signal input to the LK input terminal.
The address decoder 79 specifies a specific memory within the frame memory according to the address data output by the processing circuit 53, and A/De#Th(ia) is written into this memory.The memories specified by the processing circuit are Mll, M12, M2S
- M21, M22, etc. are specified in this order, and the A/D conversion values are written. In this case, the image output from the CCD area sensor 15 is always corrected by the photographer depending on the state of the electronic viewfinder 4. It will be written into the frame memory M so that it appears as a statue. When one frame worth of image information has been transmitted, the signal L3 is switched to low level again, the a writing operation is completed, and only reading is performed again until the next writing operation is started.

Next, data writing performed in accordance with the address output from the processing circuit 53 will be explained using FIGS. 8 to 10.

FIGS. 8 to 1O show (a) the order in which subject images are read out on the CCD area sensor 15 (the image of the subject seen from the camera side, not the image formed on the CCD area sensor 15), and ( FIG. 4B is a plan view showing the order of transferring and writing to the frame memory M as shown in FIG.

Although the order in which the signals are read from the CCD area sensor is always the same, in this embodiment all the signals are shown in order to show a comparison with the order in which they are written into the frame memory M.

FIGS. 8(a) and 8(b) show the order in which the subject images are read out in the CCD area sensor 15 when the electronic viewfinder 4 is raised to the position shown as 4' in FIG. 2, and the processing performed by the processing circuit 53. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the order of transfer and writing to the frame memory M to which data is stored.

In such a case, the output of the CCD area sensor 15 is read out sequentially from the readout start position shown as 5TARTI in FIG. 8(a) to the readout end position shown as ENDi. In other words, the pixels in the horizontal direction are sequentially output, and when the first row is completed, the second row is sequentially output in the horizontal direction. When the output is completed up to the ENDI of the last row, image information for one frame is output. The writing of the image information starts from the memory at the starting position shown as 5TART2 in FIG. Write horizontally in order, and then write EN on the last line.
Writing is performed up to the memory end position indicated as D2. Further, as described above, image information is read from the frame memory M in accordance with the count value of the counter 76 shown in FIG.
M21...M2 n, M31...M3 n-
Since this is done in the order of Mml...Mrnn, the image displayed on the electronic viewfinder 4 has the same vertical, right, left, and right directions as the subject image seen from the camera side.

Figures 9(a) and 9(b) show CC control when self-photography or remote photography is performed by flipping up the electronic viewfinder 4 to the position shown as 4'' in Fig. 2.
5 is a plan view showing the order in which subject images are read out in the D-area sensor 15 and the order in which they are transferred to and written into the frame memory M by the processing circuit 53. FIG. In such a case, the output of the CCD area sensor 15 is read out in the same manner as shown in FIG.
The process is performed sequentially from the position shown at END4 to the position shown at END4. As mentioned above, image information is read out from the frame memory M according to the count value of the counter 76, so the display on the electronic viewfinder 4 is upside down, and when viewed from the front of the camera, The display on the electronic viewfinder 4 is observed as an erect image.

In such cases, the left and right display in the viewfinder will be reversed, and the direction of movement of the subject displayed in the viewfinder will match the direction in which the subject is actually moving. Very easy to use.

FIGS. 10(a) and 10(b) show the CC when the turntable 37 is rotated and the electronic viewfinder 36 is viewed from the front of the camera in another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.
5 is a plan view showing the order in which subject images are read out in the D-area sensor 15 and the order in which they are transferred to and written into the frame memory M by the processing circuit 53. FIG.

In such a case, the output of the CCD area sensor 15 is read in the same manner as described above, but the frame memory M
Writing to (*STA is performed sequentially from the position shown in RT6 to the position shown in END6.Similar to the above,
Counter 7 reads signals from frame memory M.
6, the display on the electronic viewfinder 36 will be reversed left and right, but the direction of movement of the subject displayed on the electronic viewfinder 36 from the front of the camera will match the direction in which the subject actually moves. It is very easy to use when doing remote shooting or self-time shooting.

According to the embodiment described above, it is possible to support the electronic finder device so that it can be selectively observed from either the front side or the rear side of the camera.

In that case, if the configuration shown in Figures 1 to 4 is adopted, the electronic viewfinder can be raised to the position shown as 4' in Figure 2 during normal shooting, that is, at an angle of about 45 degrees to the optical axis. If you do this, you can place it in a position that is very easy to see from the user's side.

During self-shooting or remote shooting, it can be positioned in a position that is very easy to see from the subject side of the front of the camera, and
When not taking pictures, it can be folded compactly. Furthermore, by using the processing circuit 53 in FIG. 6 to write the image information of the CCD area sensor 15 into the frame memory M as shown in FIGS. When the finder is supported so that it can be observed from the subject side, the moving direction of the subject can be matched with the moving direction of the subject displayed on the finder, and the first
Even if the electronic viewfinder is raised to the position shown as 4'' when adopting the configuration shown in Figures to Figures 4, an erect image cannot be observed when observing the finder from the subject side in front of the camera. I can do it.

Correspondence between claims and embodiments In this embodiment, the front of the electronic viewfinder camera,
In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the support means for supporting the observation so that it can be selected from either side is the support plate 19.
The hole protrusion 19b, the shaft 4b of the electronic finder 4 that fits into the protrusion, the protrusion 19c, and the hole protrusion 1a of the camera body, and in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the turntable is 37, the shaft 19, and a projection having a hole that fits into the shaft, it goes without saying that other constructions may be used.

<Effects of the Invention> According to the present invention, a supporting means is provided to support the electronic viewfinder so that it can be selectively observed from at least either the front or rear of the camera. This has the effect that the camera framing can be determined while observing the finder from the front of the camera.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic finder camera according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of an electronic finder camera according to an embodiment shown in FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the details of the vicinity of the finder 4, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the vicinity of the grip 6 shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the electric circuit of the electronic finder camera shown in FIG. FIG. 6 shows the image transfer circuit 56 shown in FIG. A block diagram showing the details of the frame memory 57 and the relationship between the circuit and the processing circuit 53, FIG. 7 is the L2 shown in FIG.
2 signal, L12 signal, and L3 signal, Figures 8 to 10 are plan views explaining the operation of the processing circuit 53, and Figure 11 is a perspective view of an electronic finder camera according to another embodiment of the present invention. , FIG. 12 is a sectional view of the vicinity of the turntable 37 shown in FIG. 11. 1------1 camera body 4------1 electronic viewfinder 27---1 contact piece 28---1 board 53---1 processing circuit

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a camera having an electronic viewfinder that converts a subject image formed by an imaging optical system of the camera into an electrical signal and displays a display according to the signal, at least the front surface of the camera,
An electronic finder camera characterized by comprising support means for supporting the electronic finder so that it can be observed from one of the rear surfaces.