Patent ID: 6734895
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A digital camera having a mounting part to mount a shooting lens or other optical equipment, comprising:image capturing means for capturing image data corresponding to an object image; converting means for converting the image data into digital format; changing means for changing between a mode in which shooting is performed using the shooting lens and a mode in which shooting is performed using the other optical equipment; information receiving means for communicating with the shooting lens or with the other optical equipment mounted on the mounting part and for receiving information from the shooting lens or from the other optical equipment; and control means for controlling the camera so as to change a type of information that is received through the information receiving means from the shooting lens or from the other optical equipment based upon the mode that has been changed by the changing means, wherein when changed to the mode that shoots using the other optical equipment by the changing means: the information receiving means receives information corresponding to a color temperature of a light source of the other optical equipment from the other optical equipment; and the control means controls a shooting state of the camera based upon the information received by the information receiving means.