According to the Egami Blog, Canon has filed a patent for a hybrid viewfinder.
Description of Patent
Patent Publication No. 2016-35525
- Published 2016.3.17
- Filing date 2014.8.4
- During the pentagonal prism and the eyepiece optical system, providing two optical surface inclined
- Since the light from the objective optical system is transmitted through the two optical surfaces, the photographer can observe the object
- Since the light from the display optical system reflects the second optical surface and the first optical surface, the photographer can observe the display information
- Display panel, display the shooting information at the time of the mirror-down, to display a live view image at the time of the mirror-up