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Adjustable diopter type finder optical system

Assignee: Olympus Corp
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Filing: 1982-06-01
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Granted: 1984-03-20
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Expires: 2002-06-01
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Abstract

Abstract An adjustable diopter type finder optical system comprising an eyepiece comprising a first lens component having negative refractive power and a second lens component having positive refractive power, the finder optical system being arranged to make diopter adjustment by moving both of the first and second lens components in the same direction along the optical axis by varying the distance between those lens components and arranged so that variation of magnification and fluctuation of aberrations are small.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kazuo Ikari

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 22:45
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B25/00; G02B25/001; G03; G03B; G03B19/00; G03B19/02; G03B19/12

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 65 words
An adjustable diopter type finder optical system comprising an eyepiece comprising a first lens component having negative refractive power and a second lens component having positive refractive power, said finder optical system being arranged to make diopter adjustment by moving both of said first lens component and said second lens component in the same direction along the optical axis both with different amounts of movements.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 65 words
An adjustable diopter type finder optical system comprising an eyepiece comprising a first lens component having negative refractive power and a second lens component having positive refractive power, said finder optical system being arranged to make diopter adjustment by moving both of said first lens component and said second lens component in the same direction along the optical axis both with different amounts of movements.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 56 words
An adjustable diopter type finder optical system according to claim 1, which satisfies the following conditions, where reference symbol f e represents the focal length of said eyepiece, reference symbol f 1 represents the focal length of said first lens component and reference symblol f 2 represents the focal length of said second lens component ##EQU2##
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 80 words
An adjustable diopter type finder optical system according to claim 1 said adjustable diopter type finder optical system being arranged to be used in combination with an optical system, which forms an image of an object to be observed and is arranged in front of said adjustable diopter type finder optical system, said adjustable diopter finder optical system further comprising a pentagonal prism having a convex entrance surface and arranged between the image position of the object and said eyepiece.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 201 words
An adjustable diopter type finder optical system according to claim 3, in which said first lens component is a negative meniscus lens convex toward the pentagonal prism side and said second lens component is a biconvex lens, said finder optical system having the following numerical data: ______________________________________ r.sub.1 = ∞ d.sub.1 = 1.17 r.sub.2 = 140.0 d.sub.2 = 79.65 n.sub.1 = 1.51633 ν.sub.1 = 64.15 r.sub.3 = ∞ d.sub.3 = variable r.sub.4 = 32.827 d.sub.4 = 1.5 n.sub.2 = 1.72825 ν.sub.2 = 28.46 r.sub.5 = 18.512 d.sub.5 = variable r.sub.6 = 18.827 d.sub.6 = 5.0 n.sub.3 = 1.62041 ν.sub.3 = 60.27 r.sub.7 = -2466.124 f.sub.1 = -60.981 f.sub.2 = 30.139 f.sub.e = 59.594 ______________________________________ wherein reference symbols r 1 through r 7 respectively represent radii of curvature of respective surfaces (r 1 corresponds to the image surface), reference symbols d 1 through d 6 respectively represent distances between respective surfaces, reference symbols n 1 , n 2 and n 3 respectively represent refractive indices of the pentagonal prism and respective lens components constituting the eyepiece, and reference symbols ν 1 , ν 2 and ν 3 respectively represent Abbe's numbers of the pentagonal prism and respective lens components constituting the eyepiece.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US4217048A Cited
US4206988A Cited

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