Patent ID: 8619186
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera body to which a lens unit configured to form an optical image of a subject can be mounted, comprising: a body mount to which the lens unit can be mounted; an imaging element including a light receiving face arranged to receive light passing through the lens unit, and configured to convert an optical image of the subject into an electrical signal; a capacitor disposed in a depression formed near the outer peripheral portion of the imaging element, and stores electrical charges; and a housing member accommodating the imaging element and the capacitor, wherein when the subject side of the imaging element is as the front direction and the opposite side is as the rear direction with respect to the imaging element, the depression is formed by front side components disposed so that the farther forward that the parts are disposed ahead of the imaging element, the larger they are in a direction perpendicular to the front direction, and rear side components disposed so that the farther rearward that the parts are disposed behind the imaging element, the larger they are in a direction perpendicular to the rear direction.