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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2012
Junji Takahata, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Junji Takahata, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An interchangeable lens mountable to a camera body includes a zoom lens configured to adjust an angle of view of a subject image, a driver configured to move the zoom lens in an optical axis direction, a plurality of operating members configured to generate an operation signal for driving the driver according to operation performed by a user, a communication unit configured to receive, from the camera body, setting information for setting valid/invalid of at least one of the plurality of operating members, and a controller configured to control the driver. The controller drives and does not drive the driver based on the operation signal from the operating member having been set to valid and invalid, respectively, by the setting information received through the communication unit.