Camera body and interchangeable lens
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorAkihiko KAWAI
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Abstract
A camera body at which one or more camera accessories, at which light from a subject enters, are detachably mountable, includes: a body-side terminal; and a communication unit that communicates with at least one of the camera accessories, wherein: the communication unit requests, via the body-side terminal, the camera accessory for a discriminating signal indicating whether or not another camera accessory capable of communicating with the camera body is mountable on a subject side of the camera accessory.
Claims12
A camera body at which one or more camera accessories, at which light from a subject enters, are detachably mountable, comprising:
- a body-side terminal;
- and
- a communication unit that communicates with at least one of the camera accessories, wherein:
- the communication unit requests, via the body-side terminal, the camera accessory for a discriminating signal indicating whether or not another camera accessory capable of communicating with the camera body is mountable on a subject side of the camera accessory.
An interchangeable lens that is detachably mountable at a camera body, comprising:
- an optical system at which light from a subject enters;
- and
- a reception unit that receives an instruction signal transmitted from the camera body, wherein:
- the instruction signal carries an identifier used to identify the interchangeable lens and an instruction issued from the camera body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.