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Adapter, camera system, and adapter control program

US8757904B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 19, 2012
Grant dateJun 24, 2014
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2206/00
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An adapter includes: a first mount section that is detachably attached to a camera body; a second mount section that is provided separately from the first mount section and is detachably attached to any one of a plurality of types of interchangeable lenses which are different from each other in a method of controlling a diaphragm; and an accessory control section that controls the diaphragm of the interchangeable lens in response to a common control command which is received from the camera body regardless of the type of the interchangeable lens mounted on the second mount section.

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