Patent ID: 7894720

Claim:
A shooting system comprising: a main body configured to perform shooting to generate picture data; a recording/reproducing unit configured to record and reproduce the picture data; and an interface box configured to perform transmission and reception of signals and/or power between the main body and an external device, wherein the main body includes a first housing having a plurality of outer surfaces of different orientations including a front surface to receive a lens body, a first surface providing a first attachment part and a second surface providing a second attachment part, each attachment part having main-body-side connectors; the recording/reproducing unit has a second housing constituting an exterior thereof; the second housing having a recording/reproducing-unit-side attachment part interchangeably attachable, one at a time, to the first attachment part and the second attachment part; the recording/reproducing-unit-side attachment part having recording/reproducing-unit-side connectors interchangeably connectable to the main-body-side connectors of the first and second attachment parts, respectively; the interface box has a third housing constituting an exterior thereof; the third housing having an interface-box-side attachment part interchangeably attachable, one at a time, to the first attachment part and the second attachment part; and the interface-box-side attachment part having interface-box-side connectors interchangeably connectable to the main-body-side connectors of the first and second attachment parts, respectively.