Patent ID: 8144244

Claim:
An imaging device comprising: a body portion; a lens mount portion provided on said body portion for mounting a detachable taking lens; a body-side coupler provided in said body portion and adapted to be connected to a lens-side coupler of said taking lens in mounting said taking lens to said lens mount portion, said body-side coupler being rotated by the lens-side coupler in concert with a moving operation of a focus lens provided in said taking lens; a load applying means for applying a braking load to said body-side coupler; a load adjusting mechanism for changing the magnitude of the braking load applied by said load applying means; a driving section configured to drive said load adjusting mechanism; and detecting means for detecting the kind of said taking lens mounted on said lens mount portion, wherein said load adjusting mechanism changes the magnitude of said braking load according to the kind of said taking lens detected by said detecting means.