Patent ID: 7933516

Claim:
A camera body comprising: a housing; a body mount to which a lens unit configured to form an optical image of a subject is mountable, the body mount being fixed to the housing; an imaging element disposed inside the housing and configured to convert the optical image of the subject into image data; an imaging element circuit board electrically connected to the imaging element and configured to control the imaging element; a main circuit board disposed inside the housing on an opposite side of the imaging element from the body mount with no mirror box device provided between the body mount and the imaging element, the main circuit board including a camera controller; a viewfinder including a monitor configured to display through images obtained based on the output of the imaging element; and a metal heat radiating member disposed inside the housing and configured to radiate heat generated by the imaging element, the metal heat radiating member including a heat radiating plate disposed between the imaging element and the main circuit board, and a thermal conductor extending from the heat radiating plate to an opposite side from the main circuit board and toward the body mount.