Patent ID: 8155511
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera system comprising; an interchangeable lens unit including an optical lens and an imaging device for taking an image of light from a subject having passed through the optical lens; a body unit to and from which the interchangeable lens unit is attachable and detachable; a setting information saving unit which is provided in each of the interchangeable lens unit and the body unit and saves part or all of pieces of setting information referred to in taking an image; a setting information choosing unit which chooses setting information to refer to, from the setting information saved in the interchangeable lens unit and the setting information saved in the body unit; and a setting information determination unit which determines whether or not the setting information saved in the body unit is applicable to the interchangeable lens unit, wherein when the setting information choosing unit chooses the setting information saved in the body unit, if the setting information determination unit determines that the setting information saved in the body unit is not applicable to the interchangeable lens unit, the setting information saved in the body unit is set in a memory provided in the body unit by referring to an initial value of the setting information saved in the interchangeable lens unit.