Patent ID: 8712231

Claim:
A camera body to which a plurality of different types of interchangeable lenses with different zoom characteristics for changing zoom magnification are mountable, comprising: a receiving section operable to receive zoom range information from an interchangeable lens, the zoom range information indicating a range of a zoom magnification that can be provided by the interchangeable lens; a sound pickup section operable to pick up sound used to generate audio data; and a sound processor operable to change a setting relating to a directionality of the sound pickup section in conjunction with a change of the zoom magnification of the interchangeable lens, wherein: the zoom range information is specific to the interchangeable lens and is pre-stored in the interchangeable lens, and the zoom range information includes information corresponding to a maximum magnification and a minimum magnification that can be provided by the interchangeable lens, the directionality of the sound pickup section can be changed between a first directionality by which a sound in the widest region can be picked up and a second directionality by which a sound in the narrowest region can be picked up, the sound processor sets a directionality of the sound pickup section corresponding to the minimum magnification of zoom indicated by the zoom range information to the first directionality, and sets a directionality of the sound pickup section corresponding to the maximum magnification of zoom indicated by the zoom range information to the second directionality, based on the zoom range information; and the sound processor is operable to set different first and second directionalities of the sound pickup section for the different types of the plurality of interchangeable lenses having different zoom characteristics.