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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2007
Takashi Kato, Osaka, JP;
Shin Miyashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kato, Osaka, JP;
Shin Miyashita, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an imaging apparatus on which an interchangeable lens is detachably mounted, which includes a mount unit to which the interchangeable lens is attached. In the imaging apparatus, the mount unit is provided with, on its periphery, a colored area having a specific color along an outer edge of said mount unit, and with respect to a specific interchangeable lens, which meets a predetermined requirement on adaptability to said imaging apparatus, among interchangeable lenses, a mount unit, which is connected to the mount unit of the imaging apparatus, of the specific interchangeable lens is provided with, on its periphery, a colored area having the same color as the specific color along an outer edge of the mount unit of the specific interchangeable lens.