Patent ID: 8095000
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: G02B,G03B

Abstract:
1. A camera system comprising: an interchangeable lens; and a camera body; wherein the camera body comprises the lens control portion obtains the timing signal that is generated by the signal generating portion from the camera body, causes the position detection portion to detect the position of the focus lens or the mechanism member according to the obtained timing signal, and notifies the camera body of the detected position of the focus lens or the mechanism member, and the body control portion associates the position of the focus lens or the mechanism member obtained from the lens control portion with the evaluation value for autofocus based on the image data generated by the imaging device that is calculated by the evaluation value calculating portion based on the timing signal that is generated by the signal generating portion, and controls an autofocus operation of the camera system based on the position and evaluation value that are associated with each other.