Patent ID: 8350945

Claim:
A camera body used in an imaging device along with a lens barrel with which the state of an optical system can be varied by operating a rotatably provided operation member, said camera body comprising: a display unit configured to display a state indicator that expresses the state of the optical system; and a control unit configured to control the display unit so that an operation direction in which the operation member works when the user operates the operation member substantially coincides with a change direction in which the state indicator displayed on the display unit changes according to the operation of the operation member, wherein the lens barrel further has a memory unit configured to store lens information, the lens information includes operation direction information expressing the relation between the operation direction and the change in the state of the optical system, the control unit is configured to acquire the lens information from the memory unit, and is configured to determine a display state of the state indicator displayed on the display unit on the basis of the operation direction information included in the lens information, the state indicator is configured to express the focal length of the optical system, the control unit is configured to control the display unit so that the operation direction in which the focal length increases or decreases substantiall coincides with the change direction in which the state indicator changes according to the increase or decrease in the focal length, the operation direction information is configured to express the relation between the operation direction and the increase or decrease in the focal length, the lens information further includes focal length information that expresses the range over which the focal length of the optical system can be varied, the state indicator has a display meter that expresses the focal length information, the control unit is configured to determine the disposition of the focal length information on the display meter on the basis of the operation direction information, the state indicator has an pointer whose position with respect to the display meter varies according to changes in the focal length of the optical system, the pointer is configured to represent the focal length, the control unit is configured to control the display unit so that the operation direction in which the focal length increases substantially coincides with the direction in which the pointer moves with respect to the display meter when the object distance represented by the pointer increases, the display meter is arc-shaped or annular, the control unit is configured to control the display unit so that the pointer rotates along the display meter and around a specific reference point when there is a change in the focal length, and the state indicator is such that the absolute value of the rotational angle of the operation member coincides with the absolute value of the angle at which the pointer rotates around the reference point.