Patent ID: 8155512

Claim:
A camera system for forming an image of a subject, comprising: a camera main body having an imaging unit configured to form an image of the subject, a main body shake detector configured to detect shake of the camera system, a main body image blur corrector configured to correct image blur produced by the shake, and a main body controller configured to control the main body shake detector and the main body image blur corrector; and an interchangeable lens arranged to be removably attachable to the camera main body, having a lens shake detector configured to detect the shake, a lens image blur corrector configured to correct image blur produced by the shake, and a lens controller electrically connected to the main body controller and configured to control the lens shake detector and the lens image blur corrector, the main body controller having a selector configured to select either a first combination of the main body image blur corrector and the lens shake detector or a second combination of the lens image blur corrector and the main body shake detector, and a switching part configured to activate one of the first combination or the second combination while deactivating the other of the first combination or the second combination, thereby detecting the shake of the camera system and correcting the image blur produced by the shake.