Patent ID: 8553135

Claim:
A camera system for photographing a subject, comprising: an interchangeable lens including an imaging optical system configured to form an optical image of the subject, a focal adjuster configured to adjust optically the focal state of the optical image, and a lens controller configured to control the operation of the focal adjuster; and a camera body including an imaging unit configured to convert an optical image of the subject into an image signal, a first focal detector configured to detect a contrast value from the image signal and configured to detect the focal state of the optical image on the basis of the contrast value, a second focal detector configured to detect the focal state of the optical image by phase difference detection method on the basis of the optical image, and a body controller configured to control the operation of the imaging unit, the focal adjuster including a focus lens group included in the imaging optical system, an absolute position detector configured to detect the position of the focus lens group with respect to a movable range, and a relative position detector configured to detect the movement amount of the focus lens group, and the detection of the focal state being performed on the basis of only the information obtained by the relative position detector, out of the information obtained by the absolute position detector and the relative position detector when the first focal detector is used for focal adjustment.