Patent ID: 7719600

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus including an image sensor which photo-electrically converts an object image, comprising: a lens mount adapted to attach a lens to or detach the lens from the image capturing apparatus; a shutter unit adapted to transmit a light from an object to the image sensor or shield the image sensor from the light from the object; an optical element arranged between said shutter unit and the image sensor; a foreign substance removing unit adapted to remove a foreign substance adhering to a surface of said optical element; a first instruction unit adapted to issue a first instruction to operate said foreign substance removing unit in accordance with a user's request; a second instruction unit adapted to issue second instructions to power off the image capturing apparatus; and a control unit adapted to control said foreign substance removing unit to execute a first foreign substance removing operation in accordance with the first instruction and to control said foreign substance removing unit to execute a second foreign substance removing operation in accordance with the second instruction, operation parameter of the first foreign substance removing operation and operation parameter of the second foreign substance removing operation being different from each other.