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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2016
Olympus Corporation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Masatoshi Noda, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus, comprising a lens unit having a photographing optical system, and a body having an image sensor for generating a pixel signal by imaging subject light that has passed through the photographing optical system, comprising an exposure control section for adjusting exposure amount for image data based on a pixel signal generated by the image sensor, by transmitting an aperture control signal to the aperture control section and changing opening of the aperture, and a determination section for determining whether or not the aperture control section is able to control opening of the aperture based on information from the lens unit, wherein the exposure control section does not transmit aperture control signals to the aperture control section when it is determined by the determination section that the aperture control section is able to control opening of the aperture.