Patent ID: 7649550

Claim:
A camera system comprising: a camera head comprising an image taking optical system and an imaging device; a camera main frame that receives an image signal from the camera head that is detachably mounted on the camera main frame; a head adapter that is detachably mounted, instead of the camera main frame, on the camera head separated from the camera main frame; and a main frame adapter that is detachably mounted, instead of the camera head, on the camera main frame from which the camera head is separated, wherein the head adapter comprises: a head side radio communication section that performs a radio communication between the head adapter and the main frame adapter; and a head side signal mediating section that converts a format of a signal to be transferred between the camera head and the head side radio communicating section to mediate the signal to be transferred between the camera head and the head side radio communicating section, and wherein the main frame adapter comprises: a main frame side radio communication section that performs a radio communication between the head adapter and the main frame adapter; and a main frame side signal mediating section that converts a format of a signal to be transferred between the camera main frame and the main frame side signal mediating section to mediate the signal to be transferred between the camera main frame and the main frame side signal mediating section, wherein the head adapter has a pedestal which is a part of the head adapter or is a detachable part to the head adapter to support the camera head onto which the head adapter is mounted, the pedestal has an adjustment mechanism that controls a direction of the camera head, the camera main frame has a handler that controls a direction of the camera head, the head adapter has a head driving section that receives a control signal according to an operation of the handler through the main frame adapter to drive the adjustment mechanism in accordance with the control signal, the handler is allotted with a function that is different from an adjustment for a direction of the camera head in a state that the camera head is directly mounted on the camera main frame, and the handler controls an electronic zoom function in the state that the camera head is directly mounted on the camera main frame and the handler controls the direction of the camera head through the adjustment mechanism via the control signal in a state that the camera head is separated from the camera main frame.