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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2007
Hideki Nagata, Hachioji, JP;
Minoru Omaki, Kunitachi, JP;
Hirofumi Tsuchida, Kunitachi, JP;
Toshiyuki Nagaoka, Akishima, JP;
Hideki Nagata, Hachioji, JP;
Minoru Omaki, Kunitachi, JP;
Hirofumi Tsuchida, Kunitachi, JP;
Toshiyuki Nagaoka, Akishima, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An interchangeable-lens camera including a camera body on which a lens unit is capable to mount. The camera body includes a lens mounting unit which is provided to the camera body and on which the lens unit is capable to mount at least one dummy mounting unit which is provided to the camera body and on which a device is capable to mount under the same lens mounting system as the lens mounting unit, and a processing unit for reading information about the lens unit mounted to the lens mounting unit; and the processing unit for reading information about the device mounted to the dummy mounting unit.