Patent ID: 8368769

Claim:
A camera body used in a camera system along with an interchangeable lens unit having an optical system configured to form an optical image of a subject, said camera body comprising: an imaging unit configured to convert the optical image into an image signal and acquire an image of the subject; a movable reflecting mirror configured to be in a first state of being positioned in an optical path of the optical system and in a second state of being positioned outside of the optical path; a still picture photography mode select section configured to be set for capturing a still picture; a moving picture photography mode select section configured to be set in a moving picture photography mode for capturing a moving picture in the second state; a display unit configure to display the image captured by the imaging unit as a through image in a moving picture photography mode; a recorder configured to record the still image and the moving picture; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the interchangeable lens unit is compatible with moving picture photography; a mirror controller configured to retract the reflecting mirror out of the optical path of the optical system when the reflecting mirror is in the first state of being in the optical path of the optical system in a still picture photography mode, the determination unit has determined that the interchangeable lens unit is compatible with the moving picture photography, and the moving picture photography mode is selected.