Patent ID: 7697063

Claim:
A camera on which an imaging-device cleaning apparatus can be removably attached thereto, the camera comprising: a mount for detachably supporting the cleaning apparatus; a signal terminal that electrically connects to the cleaning apparatus supported by the mount; a communication unit that electrically communicates with the cleaning apparatus, wherein the communication unit is positioned in a vicinity of the mount; a mirror unit that alternately moves between a down state where an object light is led to an optical finder side and an up state where the object light is led to an image sensor side; a shutter unit that alternately travels between an open state where the object light reaches the image sensor and a closed state where the object light does not reach the image sensor; and a control unit that controls the mirror unit and the shutter unit, wherein the control unit moves the mirror unit to the up state and travels the shutter unit to the open state, when receiving a first signal transmitted from the cleaning apparatus supported by the mount via the signal terminal, and transmits a second signal to the cleaning apparatus via the signal terminal after the mirror unit is moved to the up state and the shutter unit is traveled to the open state.