Imaging apparatus and camera system
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsKOJI SHIBUNO, TAKAHIRO IKEDA, HIROYUKI KAWAHARA, TAKASHI ABE
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an optical system including a focus lens, a driver configured to drive the focus lens, a controller configured to control a supply of power to the driver, and a setting unit configured to set a power supply mode for specifying a method of supplying power to the driver. When a predetermined power supply mode is set, the controller determines according to a magnitude of a depth of field of the optical system during whether holding power for holding the state of the focus lens is supplied to the driver when the focus lens is stopped, and controls the supply of the holding power to the driver according to the result of the determination.
Claims12
A camera system comprising an interchangeable lens and a camera body,
- the camera body comprising:
- a power supplying unit configured to supply power to the interchangeable lens;
- and
- a sending unit configured to send setting information indicating a power supply mode for specifying a method of supplying power to the interchangeable lens,
- the interchangeable lens comprising:
- an optical system including a focus lens;
- and
- a driver configured to drive the focus lens with the power supplied by the power supplying unit,
- wherein when a predetermined power supply mode is set according to the setting information sent from the camera body, supplying, with the power supplied by the power supplying unit, of a holding power for holding a state of the focus lens when the focus lens is stopped is changed according to a magnitude of a depth of field of the optical system.
An interchangeable lens mountable to a camera body comprising:
- an optical system including a focus lens;
- and
- a driver configured to drive the focus lens with power supplied by the camera body;
- wherein when a predetermined power supply mode for specifying a method of supplying power is set, supplying, with the power supplied by the camera body, of a holding power for holding a state of the focus lens when the focus lens is stopped is changed according to a magnitude of a depth of field of the optical system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.