Patent ID: 7616232

Claim:
A camera system comprising: a camera head which includes a shooting lens and an imaging device; a camera main unit to which the camera head is detachably attachable and which receives and processes image signals transmitted from the camera head; and a head adaptor which includes a panhead section to which the camera head being detached from the camera main unit is detachably attachable instead of being attached to the camera main unit, and a head receiving section that receives an operation signal from the camera main unit, wherein the camera main unit includes: a position detection section that detects a position of the camera main unit; and a main-unit transmission section that transmits an operation signal according to the position detected by the position detection section to the head adaptor, wherein the head adaptor flirt her includes a panhead control section that controls a position of the camera head being attached to the panhead section by driving the panhead section based on the operation signal received by the head receiving section, wherein the camera main unit further includes a selector switch that switches a way of changing the position of the camera head being attached to the panhead section, between a mode for changing the position of the camera head according to operation through an operation member provided in the camera main unit and a mode for changing the position of the camera head according to the position of the camera main unit, wherein the main-unit transmission section transmits switching information related to a status of the selector switch in addition to the operation signal to the head adaptor, and wherein the panhead control section drives the panhead section based on the operation signal as well as the switching information.