Patent ID: 8374496

Claim:
A camera system for forming an image of a subject, comprising: a camera main body having an imaging unit configured to form an image of the subject, a main body shake detector configured to detect shake of the camera system, a main body image blur corrector configured to correct image blur produced by the shake, and a main body controller configured to control the main body shake detector and the main body image blur corrector; an interchangeable lens arranged to be removably attachable to the camera main body, having a lens shake detector configured to detect the shake, a lens image blur corrector configured to correct image blur produced by the shake, and a lens controller electrically connected to the main body controller and configured to control the lens shake detector and the lens image blur corrector; and a selector; wherein the selector selects the lens shake detector when the main body image blur corrector is selected, and selects the main body shake detector when the lens image blur corrector is selected; the main body controller holds main body information pertaining to the camera main body; the lens controller holds lens information pertaining to the interchangeable lens; and the selector is configured to select either the main body or lens image blur corrector on the basis of the main body information and lens information, in which the main body information includes main body-side correction performance information pertaining to the correction performance of the main body image blur corrector; the lens information includes lens-side correction performance information pertaining to the correction performance of the lens image blur corrector; and the selector is configured to select either the main body or lens image blur corrector on the basis of the main body-side and lens-side correction performance information.