Camera lens assembly having user-designated functions

Abstract

Provided are a camera lens assembly capable of communicating with a camera body and having a controller and a memory therein. The camera lens assembly includes a user interface through which functions represented by a plurality of modes are designated by a user, a switch for selecting one of the modes to which the functions have been designated, a switch detection unit for detecting the current mode of the switch, a manual ring detection unit for detecting the operation of a manual ring provided on the outside of the camera lens assembly so that the user can operate the manual ring by a rotating method; and a lens controller for, when the operation of the manual ring is detected, carrying out a designated function according to the detected current mode of the switch. The lens controller performs a first function when a first mode may be selected from the modes by the switch and performs a second function when a second mode may be selected from the modes by the switch, wherein the first function and the second function are different from each other.

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