Patent ID: 8941759
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An interchangeable lens mountable to a camera body, comprising: a zoom lens; a driver configured to drive the zoom lens; an operation unit configured to receive a user's operation for changing a magnification of the zoom lens; a storage unit configured to store information about discrete predetermined stop positions; a communication unit configured to transmit the information about the discrete predetermined stop positions stored in the storage unit to the camera body; and a controller configured to control the driver according to the operation of the operation unit, wherein the controller controls the driver in either one of a first operation mode for enabling the zoom lens to stop at an arbitrary position according to the operation of the operation unit and a second operation mode for enabling the zoom lens to stop at one of discrete predetermined stop positions according to the operation to the operation unit and the controller stops the zoom lens at one of discrete predetermined stop positions when a stop position of the zoom lens determined according to the operation received by the operation unit is different from one of discrete predetermined stop positions in the second operation mode.