Patent ID: 8325270

Claim:
A camera system comprising: a camera body, comprising a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a right side, a front side, and a back side, the front side comprising a camera lens and the back side comprising a first communicative interface, the first communicative interface comprising an opening into the back side; and a detachable camera expansion module, comprising a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a ride side, a front side, and a back side, the front side of the detachable camera expansion module comprising a second communicative interface, the second communicative interface comprising a protrusion structured for insertion into a reciprocal opening of the camera body; wherein the detachable camera expansion module is structured to detachably couple to the camera body such that each of the respective top sides, the bottom sides, the right sides, and the left sides of the camera body and the detachable camera expansion module are substantially flush when the camera body and the detachable camera expansion module are coupled, and such that the second communicative interface is inserted into the first communicative interface when the camera body and the detachable camera expansion module are coupled.