CAMERA SYSTEM

Abstract

Disclosed is a camera system equipped with a pair of photographing systems and a drive mechanism. Each of the pair of photographing systems of the camera system is equipped with an image pickup element and a zoom lens for forming an object image on the image pickup element. The entrance pupil position of this zoom lens with respect to the image pickup element varies according to zooming. When zooming is performed, the drive mechanism moves the zoom lenses and the image pickup elements integrally in a direction opposite to a direction in which the entrance pupil positions of the zoom lenses move with respect to the image pickup elements. Further, each of the pair of photographing systems is configured to be rotatable around the entrance pupil centers of the respective zoom lenses of the photographing systems.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view illustrating how the entrance pupil position of a zoom lens varies.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view illustrating how variation in the entrance pupil position of the zoom lens is corrected.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are top plan views of a camera system.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are top plan views of a camera system when photographing an object differing in position from FIGS. 3A and 3B.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are explanatory views of a drive mechanism using a cam.

Claims

1. A camera system, comprising: a pair of photographing systems each of which comprises: an image pickup element; anda zoom lens forming an object image on the image pickup element, in which an entrance pupil position with respect to the image pickup element moves according to zooming; anda drive mechanism moving the zoom lens and the image pickup element of each photographing system integrally upon zooming in a direction opposite to a direction in which the entrance pupil position of the zoom lens moves with respect to the image pickup element,wherein each of the pair of photographing systems is rotatable around an entrance pupil center of each of the zoom lenses of the photographing systems.

2. A camera system according to claim 1, wherein the drive mechanism comprises: a computing unit for computing the entrance pupil position, which varies according to zooming of the zoom lens, andan actuator for moving the zoom lens and the image pickup element integrally based on a signal from the computing unit.

3. A camera system according to claim 1, wherein the drive mechanism comprises: a lens barrel having a cam through which the zoom lens and the image pickup element move integrally in the direction opposite to the direction in which the entrance pupil position of the zoom lens moves with respect to the image pickup element.