A camera body includes a recess to which an image pickup unit is detachably attached to be placed therein. The image pickup unit includes a housing having an optical system, an image pickup device, a first connector section. The recess has three wall sections including a back wall section facing a r
A camera body includes a recess to which an image pickup unit is detachably attached to be placed therein. The image pickup unit includes a housing having an optical system, an image pickup device, a first connector section. The recess has three wall sections including a back wall section facing a rear of the housing of the image pickup unit and a side wall section facing a side surface of the housing when the image pickup unit is placed in the recess. The side wall section includes a second connector section to be connected to the first connector section to perform communication. The back wall section is provided with a controlling member. A rear of the image pickup unit has an insertion opening into which the controlling member is to be inserted and an abutting section to allow the controlling member to abut thereon. When the image pickup unit is attached to the recess, the first connector section and the second connector section are connected to each other when the controlling member is inserted into the insertion opening, and the first connector section is not connected to the second connector section when the controlling member abuts on the abutting section.
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1. A camera body comprising: a recess to which an image pickup unit is detachably attached to be placed therein, whereinthe image pickup unit includes an optical system configured to guide light incoming from a subject, an image pickup device configured to convert a subject image guided by the optic
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A camera body comprising: a recess to which an image pickup unit is detachably attached to be placed therein, whereinthe image pickup unit includes an optical system configured to guide light incoming from a subject, an image pickup device configured to convert a subject image guided by the optical system into an electrical signal, an image-pickup-unit connector section configured to perform communication with outside, and a housing configured to house the optical system, the image pickup device, and the image-pickup-unit connector section,the recess includes three wall sections; one of the three wall sections being a back wall section facing a rear of the housing of the image pickup unit when the image pickup unit is placed in the recess, another one of the three walls being a side wall section facing a side surface of the housing of the image pickup unit when the image pickup unit is placed in the recess and including a camera-body connector section to be connected to the image-pickup-unit connector section to perform communication,the back wall section is provided with a controlling member,a rear of the image pickup unit is provided with an insertion opening into which the controlling member is configured to be inserted and a controlling member abutting section configured to allow the controlling member to abut thereon, andwhen the image pickup unit is attached to the recess, the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section are connected to each other when the controlling member is inserted into the insertion opening, and the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section are not connected to each other when the controlling member abuts on the controlling member abutting section. 2. The camera body according to claim 1, wherein the controlling member is configured to control an angle between the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section such that the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section are connected to each other at an appropriate angle, when the controlling member is inserted into the insertion opening, the rear of the image pickup unit and the back wall section of the camera body are configured to abut on each other in parallel to connect the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section are connected to each other as the image pickup unit is moved in a direction toward the side wall section,when the controlling member abuts on the controlling member abutting section, the rear of the image pickup unit is configured to not abut in parallel on the back wall section of the camera body, and the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section are not connected to each other. 3. The camera body according to claim 1, wherein the side wall section is provided with an opening,the side surface of the housing has a protrusion section protruding from the side surface of the housing,the camera-body connector section is placed in the opening of the side wall section, and the image-pickup-unit connector section is placed in the protrusion section of the housing, andthe camera-body connector section and the image-pickup-unit connector section are connected to each other with the protrusion section fitted into the opening. 4. The camera body according to claim 1, wherein the side wall section is provided with a protrusion section protruding from the side wall section,the side surface of the housing has an opening,the camera-body connector section is placed in the protrusion section of the side wall section, and the image-pickup-unit connector section is placed in the opening of the housing, andthe camera-body connector section and the image-pickup-unit connector section are connected to each other with the protrusion section fitted into the opening. 5. The camera body according to claim 1, further comprising a biasing section configured to bias the image pickup unit to the back wall section of the camera body with the image pickup unit attached to the camera body. 6. The camera body according to claim 5, wherein the biasing section includes an engaging claw formed in any one of the back wall section of the camera body and the rear of the image pickup unit,an engaging plate section which is formed on the other one of the back wall section of the camera body and the rear of the image pickup unit and which faces the engaging claw with the image pickup unit attached to the camera body, anda biasing spring which is provided on a surface of the engaging plate section facing the engaging claw and which is engaged with the engaging claw and biases the image pickup unit to the back wall section of the camera body. 7. The camera body according to claim 6, wherein the biasing section includes a first biasing section and a second biasing section which are arranged at an interval in a direction perpendicular to a first direction in which the image pickup unit moves toward or away from the side wall section, andthe controlling member is placed at the center between the first biasing section and the second biasing section as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first direction. 8. The camera body according to claim 1, wherein the back wall section of the camera body and the rear of the image pickup unit are each provided with a guiding mechanism which controls a positional relationship of the camera-body connector section with respect to the image-pickup-unit connector section and which guides the image pickup unit in a first direction in which the image pickup unit moves toward or away from the side wall section. 9. The camera body according to claim 8, wherein the guiding mechanism includes a camera-body guiding mechanism and an image-pickup-unit guiding mechanism,the image-pickup-unit guiding mechanism includes a guiding groove which is provided on the rear of the image pickup unit and extends in a direction corresponding to the first direction,the camera-body guiding mechanism includes a guide protrusion which is provided on the back wall section of the camera body and is to be inserted into the guiding groove,the guiding protrusion includes a first guiding protrusion and a second guiding protrusion which are arranged at an interval in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, andin a state where the image pickup unit is placed in the recess of the camera body and the camera-body connector section and the image-pickup-unit connector section are connected to each other, the controlling member is placed between the first guiding protrusion and the second guiding protrusion as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first direction. 10. An image pickup unit to be detachably attached and placed in a camera body including a camera-body connector section which performs communications with the image-pickup-unit connector section, the image pickup unit comprising: an optical system configured to guide light incoming from a subject;an image pickup device configured to convert a subject image guided by the optical system into an electrical signal;an image-pickup unit connector section configured to perform communication with outside and a housing configured to house the optical system, the image pickup device, and the image-pickup-unit connector section, whereinthe housing is configured to be placed in a recess of the camera body, the recess including three wall sections; one of the three wall sections being a back wall section of the camera body facing the rear of the housing, another one of the three wall sections being a side wall section of the camera body facing a side surface of the housing when the image pickup unit is placed in the recess, when the housing is placed in the recess,the rear of the housing is provided with a controlling member,the back wall section of the camera body is provided with an insertion opening into which the controlling member is configured to be inserted and a controlling member abutting section configured to allow the controlling member to abut thereon, andwhen the housing is attached to the recess of the camera body, the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section are connected to each other when the controlling member is inserted into the insertion opening, and the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section are not connected to each other when the controlling member abuts on the controlling member abutting section. 11. The image pickup unit according to claim 10, wherein the controlling member is configured to control an angle between the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section such that the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section are connected to each other at an appropriate angle,when the controlling member is inserted into the insertion opening, the rear of the image pickup unit and the back wall section of the camera body are configured to abut on each other in parallel to connect the image-pickup-unit connector section to the camera-body connector section as the image pickup unit is moved in a direction toward the side wall section, andwhen the controlling member abuts on the controlling member abutting section, the rear of the image pickup unit is configured to not abut in parallel on the back wall section of the camera body, and the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section are not connected to each other. 12. The image pickup unit according to claim 10, wherein the side wall section is provided with an opening,the side surface of the housing has a protrusion section protruding from the side surface of the housing,the image-pickup-unit connector section is placed in the protrusion section of the housing, and the camera-body connector section is placed in the opening of the side wall section, andthe camera-body connector section is connected to the image-pickup-unit connector section with the protrusion section fitted into the opening. 13. The image pickup unit according to claim 10, wherein the side wall section is provided with a protrusion section protruding from the side wall section,the side surface of the housing has an opening,the image-pickup-unit connector section is placed in the opening of the housing, and the camera-body connector section is placed in the protrusion section of the side wall section, andthe camera-body connector section is connected to the image-pickup-unit connector section with the protrusion section fitted into the opening. 14. An imaging apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit having an optical system configured to guide light incoming from a subject;an image pickup device configured to convert a subject image guided by the optical system into an electrical signal; andan image-pickup-unit connector section configured to perform communications with outside; anda camera body including a recess to which the image pickup unit is detachably attached to be placed therein, whereinthe recess of the camera body includes three wall sections; one of the three wall sections being a back wall section facing a rear of the image pickup unit when the image pickup unit is placed in the recess, another one of the three wall sections being a side wall section facing a side surface of the image pickup unit when the image pickup unit is placed in the recess,the side wall section of the camera body is provided with a camera-body connector section which is connected to the image-pickup-unit connector section and performs communications,a controlling member is provided in one of the back wall section of the camera body and the rear of the image pickup unit,the other one of the back wall section of the camera body and the rear of the image pickup unit is provided with an insertion opening into which the controlling member is to be inserted and a controlling member abutting section configured to allow the controlling member to abut thereon, andwhen the image pickup unit is attached to the recess of the camera body, the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section are connected to each other when the controlling member is inserted into the insertion opening, and the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section are not connected to each other when the controlling member abuts on the controlling member abutting section. 15. The imaging apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the controlling member is configured to control an angle between the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section such that the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section are connected to each other at an appropriate angle,when the controlling member is inserted into the insertion opening, the rear of the image pickup unit and the back wall section of the camera body abut on each other in parallel, and the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section are connected to each other as the image pickup unit is moved in a direction toward the side wall section, andwhen the controlling member abuts on the controlling member abutting section, the rear of the image pickup unit and the back wall section of the camera body do not abut on each other in parallel, and the image-pickup-unit connector section and the camera-body connector section are not connected to each other. 16. The imaging apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the camera body includes a biasing section configured to bias the image pickup unit to the back wall section of the camera body with the image pickup unit attached to the camera body, andthe biasing section includes:an engaging claw formed in one of the back wall section of the camera body and the rear of the image pickup unit;an engaging plate section which is formed on the other one of the back wall section of the camera body and the rear of the image pickup unit and which faces the engaging claw with the image pickup unit attached to the camera body; anda biasing spring which is provided on a surface of the engaging plate section facing the engaging claw and which is engaged with the engaging claw and biases the image pickup unit to the back wall section of the camera body. 17. The imaging apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the biasing section includes a first biasing section and a second biasing section which are arranged at an interval in a direction perpendicular to a first direction in which the image pickup unit moves toward or away from the side wall section, andthe controlling member is placed at the center between the first biasing section and the second biasing section as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first direction. 18. The imaging apparatus according to claim 14, wherein one of the back wall section of the camera body and the rear of the image pickup unit is provided with a guiding mechanism which controls a positional relationship of the camera-body connector section with respect to the image-pickup-unit connector section and which guides the image pickup unit in a first direction in which the image pickup unit moves toward or away from the side wall section. 19. The imaging apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the guiding mechanism includes a camera-body guiding mechanism and an image-pickup-unit guiding mechanism,the image-pickup-unit guiding mechanism includes a guiding groove which is provided on the rear of the image pickup unit and extends in a direction corresponding to the first direction,the camera-body guiding mechanism includes a guide protrusion which is provided on the back wall section of the camera body and is to be inserted into the guiding groove,the guiding protrusion includes a first guiding protrusion and a second guiding protrusion which are arranged at an interval in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, andin a state where the image pickup unit is placed in the recess of the camera body and the camera-body connector section and the image-pickup-unit connector section are connected to each other,the controlling member is placed between the first guiding protrusion and the second guiding protrusion when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first direction. 20. The imaging apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the image pickup unit is one of a first image pickup unit having a first optical system, a first image pickup device, and a first image-pickup-side connector section or a second image pickup unit having a second optical system, a second image pickup device, and a second image-pickup-side connector section,the first image pickup unit and the second image pickup unit are detachably attachable to the recess of the camera body, andthe first image pickup device and the second image pickup device are different in size, and the first image pickup unit and the second image pickup unit are different in size.
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