Patent ID: 9547219
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. A photographing apparatus comprising: a main body having an image pickup device disposed on a back side of the main body; a middle cover coupled to the back side of the main body, and having a first opening disposed to correspond to a position of the image pickup device so that light can be incident onto the image pickup device through the first opening, the middle cover comprising a first connector formed around the first opening, wherein the first connector is configured to couple to an external optical component, the first connector is disposed so that an optical axis of the image pickup device coincides with an optical axis of the external optical component, when the external optical component is coupled to the first connector, and the first connector comprises a first electrode that is electrically connected to a second electrode of the external optical component; and a rear cover coupled to the middle cover and having a second opening disposed to correspond to the position of the image pickup device so that light can be incident onto the image pickup device through the second opening, wherein the main body further comprises a photographing apparatus controller that deactivates a function of the photographing apparatus while the external optical component is coupled to the first connector, when the function of the photographing apparatus is redundant of a function of the external optical component, depending on a type of the external optical component.