Patent ID: 7557836
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera system including a camera head including an image-taking optical system and an image pickup device; and a camera main body which has the camera head detachably attached thereto, receives an image signal from the camera head, and performs signal processing, wherein the camera head includes a moving image signal processing section which performs signal processing of an image signal for display, the image signal representing a moving image generated by the image pickup device, and transmits to the camera main body the image signal processed by the moving image signal processing section, and the camera main body includes a display screen which displays an image thereon, and a display section which displays a moving image on the display screen based on the image signal representing the moving image, the image signal being received from the camera head; a mode selection section which compares a first mode list showing modes of image signals that enable display of moving images on the display screen by the display section with a second mode list showing modes of image signals that can be generated by the signal processing in the moving image signal processing section, and which selects one of the corresponding modes, wherein the moving image signal processing section performs signal processing for the image signal representing the moving image in the mode selected by the mode selection section, and wherein, when any mode in the first list is incompatible with any mode in the second mode list, the camera head transmits the image signal representing the moving image to the camera main body without performing signal processing.