EMI-shielded connector in an electronic device

A shielded communications interface mounted within an electronic camera which is adapted to be connected to a plug of a peripheral device and is subject to electromagnetic emissions (EMI) from electronic circuits situated in the camera in close proximity to the shielded communications interface and which are grounded, said camera including a case having an opening through which the electronic circuits are accessed and a conductive inner wall surface that is connected to a camera circuit ground, the shielded communications interface comprising:

• a connector comprising a conductive housing and a plurality of pins which establish an electrical connection between the plug and the electronic circuits, such conductive housing having metal tabs at a forward area thereof;
• a conductive EMI shield external to said connector and extending at least partially around the conductive housing rearwardly of the metal tabs and covering a gap between the case and said connector caused by the tabs;
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• a fastener fastening said conductive EMI shield to the conductive inner wall surface to thereby ground said conductive EMI shield and isolate the EMI emissions generated by the electronic circuits in the electronic camera from said connector.