Patent ID: 8638390
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera body to which an image pickup unit is detachably attached, the image pickup unit including an optical system configured to guide light incoming from a subject, an image pickup device configured to convert a subject image formed by light guided by the optical system into an electrical signal, and an image-pickup-unit connector section configured to perform communication with an outside, the camera body comprising: a recess to which the image pickup unit is freely detachably attached and which includes a back wall section, an upper wall section, and a side wall section to be opened on a lower side, a lateral side, and a front side of the camera body, the back wall section facing a rear of the image pickup unit when viewed from an image-pickup-unit side, the upper wall section being connected to the back wall section and located on an upper side of the camera body in a normal use state, and the side wall section being connected to the back wall section and the upper wall section; a locking mechanism placed in the recess in a direction in which the image pickup unit moves away from the side wall section and including a locking member that rotates around a spindle, the locking mechanism configured to control a movement of the image pickup unit; a first unlocking mechanism provided to be exposed from the camera body and configured to unlock a locked state made by the locking mechanism in response to a first unlocking manipulation; and a second unlocking mechanism provided to be enclosed inside the camera body and including a protrusion extending inside the camera body from a portion of the locking member, the protrusion configured to rotate the locking member around the spindle to unlock the locked state made by the locking mechanism in response to a second unlocking manipulation.