Camera
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorAtsushi Misawa
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Abstract
An aspect of the present invention provides a lens-interchangeable camera which has operability equal to a right-handed user and a left-handed user without necessity of any addition of extra members and without sacrificing a design for a smaller size. Since a camera according to the present invention does not need any extra members, a user-friendly camera which eliminates any disadvantage for a use by left-handed persons at a high level that any conventional cameras have not yet achieved can be achieved. Also, since a camera body can be disposed on a left side as needed even for a right-handed user and the right-handed user can operate the camera body only with his/her left hand, this form is convenient when the user picks up images while the user is operating another apparatus with his/her right hand.
Claims2
A camera, comprising:
- a lens part having an image pickup device and a plurality of mounts;
- a camera body having an identifying device for identifying to which one of the plurality of mount parts the camera body is mounted;
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- a switching device which is provided to the camera body, the switching device for switching a camera control which is performed by a member provided to the camera body based on the mount part identified by the identifying device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.