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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2010
Kunihiko Sasaki, Utsunomiya, JP;
Takeya Nakayama, Utsunomiya, JP;
Hiromu Yasuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuki Nagao, Utsunomiya, JP;
Kunihiko Sasaki, Utsunomiya, JP;
Takeya Nakayama, Utsunomiya, JP;
Hiromu Yasuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuki Nagao, Utsunomiya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An interchangeable lens which is removably mounted on a camera body including an image sensor includes a tilt unit configured to move a lens unit in a tilt direction with respect to the image sensor, a shift unit configured to move the lens unit in a shift direction with respect to the image sensor, a changing unit configured to change a relative angle between the shift unit and the tilt unit by relatively rotating the shift unit and the tilt unit, a detection unit configured to detect the relative angle, and a control unit configured to transmit to the camera body a detection result of the relative angle detected by the detection unit.