Patent ID: 8373795

Claim:
A camera body to which a lens unit configured to form an optical image of a subject can be mounted, comprising: a body mount to which the lens unit can be mounted; an imaging element including a light receiving face arranged to receive light passing through the lens unit, and convert an optical image of the subject into an electrical signal; a shutter disposed between the body mount and the imaging element, and arranged to block light passing through the lens unit; a shutter drive device configured to control the exposure time of the imaging element by driving the shutter; and an electronic viewfinder including an eyepiece, a viewfinder image display unit configured to electronically display an image of the subject, and a viewfinder optical system arranged to guide the subject image displayed by the viewfinder image display unit to the eyepiece, and disposed above the shutter drive device and beside the body mount when viewed in a first direction perpendicular to the light receiving face in a landscape orientation as the camera body is landscape-oriented in normal photography, wherein the electronic viewfinder is disposed so that the height at which the lower end of the electronic viewfinder is positioned is lower than the height at which the upper end of the body mount is positioned in the landscape orientation.