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Camera with orientation indicator

  • US 5,541,697 A
  • Filed: 11/29/1994
  • Issued: 07/30/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A camera comprising a viewfinder for composing a scene to be recorded and means for determining the camera'"'"'s orientation relative to at least one axis, is characterized by:

  • means, cooperating with said determining means, for indicating the camera'"'"'s orientation relative to said at least one axis to a camera operator such that said camera operator can hold said camera away from the camera operator'"'"'s eye, thereby not using the viewfinder to compose a scene, while still ascertaining the orientation of the camera relative to said at least one axis, said indicating means being provided on an external surface of the camera.

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