Picture display apparatus and camera

摘要

A picture display apparatus is provided in which not only reduction in weight and protruding amount is achieved but also aberration is small and wide-angle display can be inexpensively performed by providing a semitransparent reflecting surface.A picture display apparatus of the present invention includes cholesteric liquid crystal for displaying a plane image, a fiber plate for converting a displayed plane image into a spherical image, and an eyepiece optical system having first and second spherical semitransparent reflecting surfaces and projecting a spherical image. A spherical image with its center of curvature in the vicinity of the pupil is reflected at the second and the first spherical semitransparent reflecting surfaces and is then directed to the viewer's pupil.