Patent ID: 7693416

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus for obtaining photographed image with a photoelectric conversion device, comprising: a lens mount configured to mount a lens unit or a unit other than the lens unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether the lens unit or the unit other than the lens unit is mounted to the lens mount unit; a vibration unit configured to vibrate the photoelectric conversion device, or a cover glass of the photoelectric conversion device or an optical filter; a designation unit configured to designate a cleaning mode; and a control unit configured to, in a case that the cleaning mode is designated by the designation unit and the determination unit determines that the lens unit is mounted, drive the vibration unit in a state in which a shutter is closed, wherein, in a case that the cleaning mode is designated by the designation unit and the determination unit determines that the unit other than the lens unit is mounted, the control unit drives the vibration unit in a state in which the shutter is opened.