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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Okada, Tochigi, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lens apparatus attachable to and detachable from an image pickup apparatus includes an imaging optical system, a first-shaped mount part, and a communicator. A first lens apparatus includes a mount part engageable with the mount part of the image pickup apparatus, and is communicable with the image pickup apparatus using a first communication method. A second lens apparatus includes a second-shaped mount part that is not engageable with the mount part of the image pickup apparatus, and the second lens apparatus is attachable to the image pickup apparatus via the intermediate adapter, and is communicable with the image pickup apparatus using a second communication method different from the first communication method. The communicator is communicable with the image pickup apparatus using the second communication method, and uncommunicable with the image pickup apparatus using the first communication method.