JP2015049387A - Interchangeable lens and camera body - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interchangeable lens and a camera body that enable a command to follow a maximum drive velocity to drive a driven member such as a diaphragm and the like, when the maximum drive velocity of the driven member varies depending upon a situation.SOLUTION: An interchangeable lens comprises: an attachment part to which a camera body is detachably attached; a driven member whose state varies with reception of a driven force; a reception unit that receives from the camera body drive command data including drive velocity data indicative of a drive velocity and amount-of-drive data indicative of an amount of drive, and indicative of a command of driving the driven member at the drive velocity by the amount of drive; and a drive unit that drives the driven member at the drive velocity by the amount of the drive on the basis of the drive command data received by the reception unit. When drive command data including a predetermined special value as the drive velocity data is received by the reception unit, the drive unit drives the driven member at a drivable maximum velocity.

Description

  The present invention relates to an interchangeable lens and a camera body.

  Conventionally, an interchangeable lens that receives an aperture drive command including an aperture value and an aperture drive speed and drives the aperture according to the received aperture drive command is known (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2013-50661 A

  In the prior art, when the maximum drive speed of a driven member such as a diaphragm changes depending on the situation, there is a problem that it is not possible to instruct the camera body to drive the driven member following the maximum drive speed.

The interchangeable lens according to claim 1, wherein the camera body is detachably attached, a driven member whose state is changed by receiving a driving force, driving speed data indicating a driving speed, and driving indicating a driving amount. A receiving unit that receives from the camera body driving instruction data indicating an instruction to drive the driven member at the driving speed by the driving amount, and the driving instruction data received by the receiving unit. And a driving unit that drives the driven member at the driving speed by the driving amount, and the driving unit receives the driving instruction data including a predetermined special value as the driving speed data by the receiving unit. In this case, the driven member is driven at a maximum speed that can be driven.
The camera body according to claim 4, wherein an interchangeable lens having a driven member whose state changes upon receiving a driving force is detachably attached, driving speed data indicating a driving speed, and driving indicating a driving amount. A transmission unit that transmits to the interchangeable lens drive instruction data indicating an instruction to drive the driven member at the drive speed by the drive amount, a state before driving the driven member, A receiving unit that receives, from the interchangeable lens, information indicating the lowest maximum speed among the maximum speeds capable of driving the driven member that varies according to at least one of the driving amount, and the transmission unit When the driving instruction data is transmitted before the information indicating the maximum speed is received by the receiving unit, the driving speed data of the driving instruction data is set to a predetermined special value. To.

  According to the present invention, even when the maximum driving speed of the driven member changes depending on the situation, it is possible to instruct to drive the driven member following the maximum driving speed.

It is sectional drawing which shows typically the structure of the camera system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows typically the structure of aperture drive instruction data. It is a flowchart of the starting process which body CPU311 performs. It is a flowchart of the aperture drive process which lens CPU211 performs.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the configuration of the camera system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the components particularly related to the present invention are mainly illustrated, and the other components constituting the camera system 1 are not illustrated. The following description will focus on each part that is particularly relevant to the present invention, and description of the other parts will be omitted.

  The camera system 1 is a so-called single-lens reflex digital camera. The camera system 1 includes an interchangeable lens 2 and a camera body 3. The user can select one of a plurality of types of interchangeable lenses 2 that can be attached to the camera body 3 (that can be attached to the camera body 3), attach the camera to the camera body 3, and perform shooting.

  The camera body 3 and the interchangeable lens 2 have, for example, a bayonet type lens mount mechanism. The interchangeable lens 2 is attached to the camera body 3 by fitting the mount portion of the interchangeable lens 2 into the mount portion of the camera body 3.

  A holding portion 20 is provided in the vicinity of the mount portion of the interchangeable lens 2. The holding unit 20 includes a plurality of lens side contacts. A holding part 30 is provided in the vicinity of the mount part of the camera body 3. The holding unit 30 includes a plurality of body side contacts. When the interchangeable lens 2 is attached to the camera body 3, the plurality of lens side contacts provided in the holding unit 20 and the plurality of body side contacts provided in the holding unit 30 are electrically connected. Thereby, power supply from the camera body 3 to the interchangeable lens 2 is started, and bidirectional data communication between the camera body 3 and the interchangeable lens 2 becomes possible.

  The interchangeable lens 2 includes a photographing optical system 22, a diaphragm 26, a diaphragm driving unit 25, a lens CPU 211, and a ROM 212. The photographing optical system 22 includes a lens 23 and a focusing lens 24. The photographing optical system 22 forms a subject image on an image pickup surface of an image pickup element 32 described later. The aperture drive unit 25 includes an actuator (not shown) that drives the aperture 26. The diaphragm drive unit 25 drives the diaphragm 26 by this actuator under the control of the lens CPU 211.

  The ROM 212 is a nonvolatile storage medium. The ROM 212 stores a predetermined control program and aperture speed information in advance. The aperture speed information is information regarding the maximum speed at which the aperture 26 can be driven. The aperture speed information will be described in detail later.

  The lens CPU 211 includes a microprocessor (not shown) and its peripheral circuits. The lens CPU 211 reads the control program from the ROM 212 and executes it to control each part of the interchangeable lens 2 and perform data communication with the camera body 3. The lens CPU 211 is connected to the plurality of lens side contacts described above.

  The camera body 3 is a so-called single-lens reflex type camera body. The camera body 3 includes an image sensor 32, a ROM 312, and a body CPU 311. The image sensor 32 is an image sensor such as a CCD or CMOS. The image sensor 32 captures the subject image formed by the photographing optical system 22 and outputs an image signal. The ROM 312 is a nonvolatile storage medium. The ROM 312 stores a predetermined control program in advance.

  The body CPU 311 includes a microprocessor (not shown) and its peripheral circuits. The body CPU 311 performs control of each part of the camera body 3 and data communication with the interchangeable lens 2 by reading and executing a control program stored in advance in the ROM 312 which is a nonvolatile storage medium. The body CPU 311 is connected to the plurality of body side contacts described above.

(Description of drive control of diaphragm 26)
The body CPU 311 performs drive control of the diaphragm 26 by transmitting diaphragm drive instruction data to the lens CPU 211. The lens CPU 211 causes the diaphragm drive unit 25 to drive the diaphragm 26 based on the content of the received diaphragm drive instruction data.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the structure of aperture drive instruction data. As shown in FIG. 2A, the aperture drive instruction data 40 includes an identifier 41, an aperture stage number 42, and an aperture drive speed 43. The identifier 41 is 1-byte data indicating that this data is aperture drive instruction data. In the present embodiment, the identifier 41 is 12H. If the first byte of the received data is 12H, the lens CPU 211 determines that the received data is aperture drive instruction data.

  The aperture stage number 42 is data representing the aperture value to be driven, and is a 1-byte integer representing the aperture stage number from the open aperture value in 1 / 3-stage units. For example, when the maximum aperture value of the interchangeable lens 2 is F1.4 and the aperture 26 is to be reduced to F2.0, the body CPU 311 transmits aperture drive instruction data 40 with the aperture stage number 42 set to 3. The aperture drive speed 43 is a 2-byte integer representing the drive speed of the aperture 26. The larger the value of the aperture driving speed 43, the higher the aperture 26 is driven.

  FIG. 2B shows an example of aperture drive instruction data 40a actually transmitted from the body CPU 311 to the lens CPU 211. In the aperture drive instruction data 40a shown in FIG. 2B, the value of the aperture stage number 42 is set to 6H, and the value of the aperture drive speed 43 is set to 1AH. The lens CPU 211 that has received the aperture drive instruction data 40a drives the aperture 26 to the aperture drive unit 25 at an aperture drive speed represented by a numerical value 1AH so that the aperture value is reduced by two steps from the full aperture value. Let

  The interchangeable lens 2 has two types of aperture drive modes, a normal drive mode and a silent drive mode. The lens CPU 211 changes the aperture driving mode according to, for example, an operation of an operation member (not shown) by the user. When the silent drive mode is set for the interchangeable lens 2, the lens CPU 211 controls the aperture drive unit 25 so that the noise generated when the aperture 26 is driven is reduced. For example, when the diaphragm 26 is driven, the diaphragm drive unit 25 is controlled so that acceleration and deceleration are performed more slowly than in the normal drive mode.

  The maximum speed that can be specified as the aperture driving speed 43 is determined for each interchangeable lens model. Furthermore, the maximum speed that can be specified as the aperture driving speed 43 is determined individually in the normal driving mode and the silent driving mode. The ROM 212 of the interchangeable lens 2 stores aperture speed information representing the maximum speed in the normal drive mode and the maximum speed in the silent drive mode. The body CPU 311 performs data communication after power-on, and receives aperture speed information from the lens CPU 211. In the normal drive mode, the aperture drive speed 43 is specified with the maximum speed in the normal drive mode as an upper limit, and in the silent drive mode, the aperture drive speed 43 is specified with the maximum speed in the silent drive mode as an upper limit.

  The maximum speed (limit speed) at which the diaphragm drive unit 25 of the interchangeable lens 2 can drive the diaphragm 26 is not always constant over the entire drive range of the diaphragm 26. For example, when the diaphragm 26 is driven from F1.4 to F5.6 and when the diaphragm 26 is driven from F8 to F16, depending on the characteristics of the diaphragm drive unit 25 and the drive mechanism of the diaphragm 26, the former In this case, the driving speed of the diaphragm 26 may be slower than in the latter case. That is, the limit speed of the driving speed of the diaphragm 26 changes according to the aperture value at the start of driving and the aperture value of the drive target. In this case, the aperture speed information must represent the “slowest” maximum speed among all combinations of aperture values. This is to prevent the body CPU 311 from designating an aperture drive speed 43 that cannot be achieved in practice. In the ROM 212 of the interchangeable lens 2, aperture speed information representing the “slowest” maximum speed among all combinations of aperture values is stored for each mode (normal drive mode and silent drive mode) for the above reasons. Yes.

  In the present embodiment, a special value of MAXVH can be designated as the aperture driving speed 43. This value is a numerical value indicating that the body CPU 311 wants to drive the diaphragm 26 as fast as possible. When the lens CPU 211 receives aperture drive instruction data in which MAXVH is specified as the aperture drive speed 43, the lens CPU 211 controls the aperture drive unit 25 to drive the aperture 26 as fast as possible. That is, when MAXVH is designated as the aperture drive speed 43, the aperture 26 is driven at the maximum speed according to the aperture value at the start of driving or the aperture value of the drive target.

  Further, when the drive amount is large, such as when driving from F1.4 to F16, the maximum speed may change during the drive. For example, even if driving at 20 millimeters per second is the limit during driving from F1.4 to F8, the diaphragm 26 may be driven at a speed of 30 millimeters per second while driving from F8 to F16. When MAXVH is designated as the aperture drive speed 43, the lens CPU 211 drives the aperture 26 as fast as possible. Therefore, when the maximum speed changes during the drive, the change in the maximum speed is followed. The drive speed of the diaphragm 26 is changed.

  FIG. 2C shows an example of aperture drive instruction data in which MAXVH is specified as the aperture drive speed 43. The aperture drive instruction data 40b is data for instructing to drive the aperture 26 as fast as possible by 6 steps from the open aperture.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the startup process executed by the body CPU 311. The processing shown in FIG. 3 is included in the control program in the ROM 312. First, in step S110, the body CPU 311 determines whether or not a predetermined power-on operation has been performed. The power-on operation is, for example, pressing a power switch (not shown). The body CPU 311 repeatedly executes the process of step S110 until a power-on operation is performed. When the power-on operation is performed, the body CPU 311 advances the process to step S120.

  In step S120, the body CPU 311 executes an initialization process of the camera body 3. The initialization process is, for example, a process of starting power supply to the peripheral circuit, inputting a reset signal to the peripheral circuit, self-diagnosis of each unit, or the like. In step S130, the body CPU 311 determines whether or not a predetermined photographing operation has been performed. The photographing operation is, for example, pressing a release switch (not shown). If the photographing operation has not been performed, the body CPU 311 advances the process to step S180. In step S180, the body CPU 311 requests aperture speed information from the mounted interchangeable lens. In step S190, the body CPU 311 receives aperture speed information transmitted from the interchangeable lens in response to the request transmitted in step S180.

  When the above processing is completed, the camera body 3 is ready for photographing. Thereafter, the body CPU 311 transmits aperture drive instruction data to the interchangeable lens based on the aperture speed information received in step S190, and drives the aperture 26.

  On the other hand, if the user performs the power-on operation and the photographing operation at the same time in step S130, or if the user performs the photographing operation immediately after the power-on operation, the body CPU 311 advances the process to step S140. In step S140, the body CPU 311 transmits aperture drive instruction data in which the aperture drive speed 43 is set to MAXVH to the interchangeable lens.

  Here, the reason why the aperture driving speed 43 is set to MAXVH is that the maximum speed that can be designated as the aperture driving speed 43 is unknown because the body CPU 311 has not yet received the aperture speed information. The body CPU 311 knows that the lens CPU 211 drives the diaphragm 26 at the maximum speed if MAXVH is designated as the diaphragm driving speed 43 regardless of the interchangeable lens having any diaphragm speed information. Therefore, when it is necessary to transmit the aperture drive instruction data before receiving the aperture speed information, the body CPU 311 transmits the aperture drive instruction data by specifying the aperture drive speed 43 as MAXVH.

  In step S150, the body CPU 311 receives the predicted drive time transmitted from the interchangeable lens in accordance with the aperture drive instruction data transmitted in step S140. The predicted driving time is a time required to drive the diaphragm 26 as specified by the diaphragm driving instruction data predicted by the lens CPU 211. In step S160, the body CPU 311 waits for the elapsed time for the predicted driving time received in step S150. When waiting for the predicted driving time, the diaphragm 26 is driven to the diaphragm value designated by the diaphragm driving unit 25.

  In step S <b> 170, the body CPU 311 executes a predetermined shooting sequence and images the subject image by the image sensor 32. The image signal output from the image sensor 32 is subjected to various image processes to create image data. The body CPU 311 stores the created image data in a storage medium (not shown) (for example, a memory card). In step S180, the body CPU 311 requests aperture speed information from the mounted interchangeable lens. In step S190, the body CPU 311 receives aperture speed information transmitted from the interchangeable lens in response to the request transmitted in step S180.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the aperture driving process executed by the lens CPU 211. The processing shown in FIG. 4 is included in the control program in the ROM 212. In step S210, the lens CPU 211 receives aperture drive instruction data from the camera body 3 (from the body CPU 311).

  In step S220, the lens CPU 211 determines whether or not the silent drive mode is set as the aperture drive mode. If the silent drive mode is set, the lens CPU 211 advances the process to step S230. In step S230, the lens CPU 211 determines whether or not the value of the aperture drive speed 43 is MAXVH in the aperture drive instruction data received in step S210. If the aperture drive speed 43 is MAXVH, the lens CPU 211 advances the process to step S240.

  In step S240, the lens CPU 211 sets the maximum speed under silent operation as the driving speed of the diaphragm 26. In step S280, the lens CPU 211 calculates a predicted driving time required to drive the diaphragm 26 at the maximum speed under silent operation to the number of diaphragm stages 42 specified in the diaphragm driving instruction data received in step S210. The predicted driving time may be calculated by, for example, applying the aperture driving speed and the number of aperture stages to a predetermined mathematical expression, or may be calculated by looking up a predetermined driving time table.

  In step S290, the lens CPU 211 transmits the predicted driving time calculated in step S280 to the camera body 3. In step S300, the lens CPU 211 causes the diaphragm drive unit 25 to drive the diaphragm 26 at the maximum speed under silent operation.

  On the other hand, if the value of the aperture drive speed 43 is not MAXVH in step S230, the lens CPU 211 advances the process to step S260. In step S <b> 260, the lens CPU 211 sets the driving speed of the diaphragm 26 to the driving speed specified by the diaphragm driving speed 43. Then, the predicted drive time is calculated in step S280, the predicted drive time is transmitted to the camera body 3 in step S290, and the diaphragm drive unit 25 is driven in step S300.

  If the normal drive mode is set instead of the silent drive mode in step S220, the lens CPU 211 advances the process to step S250. In step S250, similarly to step S230, the lens CPU 211 determines whether or not the value of the aperture drive speed 43 is MAXVH in the aperture drive instruction data received in step S210. If the aperture drive speed 43 is MAXVH, the lens CPU 211 advances the process to step S270.

  In step S270, the lens CPU 211 sets the maximum speed under normal operation as the driving speed of the diaphragm 26. Then, the predicted drive time is calculated in step S280, the predicted drive time is transmitted to the camera body 3 in step S290, and the diaphragm drive unit 25 is driven in step S300.

  In step S250, if the value of the aperture drive speed 43 is not MAXVH, the lens CPU 211 advances the process to step S260. In step S <b> 260, the lens CPU 211 sets the driving speed of the diaphragm 26 to the driving speed specified by the diaphragm driving speed 43. Then, the predicted drive time is calculated in step S280, the predicted drive time is transmitted to the camera body 3 in step S290, and the diaphragm drive unit 25 is driven in step S300.

  In order to simplify the description, in FIG. 4, when the value of the aperture driving speed 43 is not MAXVH, the description has been made assuming that the process proceeds to step S260 in both the normal driving mode and the silent driving mode. Actually, there is a difference in the driving method of the diaphragm 26 between the normal driving mode and the silent driving mode. For example, when the silent drive mode is set, the acceleration / deceleration of the diaphragm 26 is set smaller than that in the normal drive mode.

According to the camera system according to the first embodiment described above, the following operational effects can be obtained.
(1) The lens CPU 211 includes aperture drive speed 43 indicating the drive speed and aperture stage number 42 indicating the drive amount, and aperture drive instruction data indicating an instruction to drive the aperture 26 by the drive amount specified at the specified drive speed. 40 is received from the camera body 3. Based on the received diaphragm drive instruction data 40, the lens CPU 211 causes the diaphragm drive unit 25 to drive the diaphragm 26 by the designated drive amount at the designated drive speed. When the lens CPU 211 receives the aperture drive instruction data 40 including the predetermined special value MAXVH as the aperture drive speed 43, the lens CPU 211 sets the aperture 26 to the maximum speed (when the lens CPU 211 receives the drive instruction data, the lens CPU 211 Drive at the fastest aperture driving speed that can be achieved on the side). Since it did in this way, even if it is a case where the maximum drive speed of the diaphragm 26 which is a driven member (the diaphragm drive speed that the lens can output) changes depending on the situation, the change in the maximum drive speed that can be output follows, It may be instructed to drive the diaphragm 26 at that time with the fastest drive speed.

(2) The maximum speed at which the diaphragm drive unit 25 can drive the diaphragm 26 varies depending on the state before the diaphragm 26 is driven and the number of diaphragm stages 42 representing the drive amount. Thus, even when the maximum speed cannot be expressed by the single aperture driving speed 43, the aperture 26 can always be driven at the maximum speed.

(3) The lens CPU 211 obtains the aperture speed information indicating the smallest maximum speed among the maximum speeds that change in accordance with at least one of the state before driving the diaphragm 26 and the number of aperture stages 42 representing the drive amount. Send to body 3. Since this is done, the body CPU 311 does not specify a driving speed that cannot actually be driven.

(4) When the body CPU 311 transmits the aperture drive instruction data 40 before receiving the aperture speed information, the body CPU 311 sets the aperture drive speed 43 of the aperture drive instruction data 40 to a predetermined special value MAXVH. Since it did in this way, the time lag from power-on to imaging | photography can be minimized.

  The following modifications are also within the scope of the present invention, and one or a plurality of modifications can be combined with the above-described embodiment.

(Modification 1)
In the above-described embodiment, a value of MAXVH is used as the aperture driving speed 43 that represents the maximum speed, but any other value can be used as a special value that represents the maximum speed.

(Modification 2)
The aperture speed information is not necessarily stored in the ROM 212 in the interchangeable lens 2. For example, the lens CPU 211 can be configured to transmit predetermined aperture speed information to the camera body 3.

(Modification 3)
In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the maximum drive speed of the diaphragm 26 changes according to the aperture value at the start of driving of the diaphragm 26 and the aperture value to be driven is described, but the maximum drive speed is other than that. The present invention can be applied even if it changes due to the above factors.

(Modification 4)
The lens CPU 211 may not transmit the estimated driving time of the diaphragm 26 to the camera body 3. In this case, after the body CPU 311 transmits the aperture drive instruction data 40 to the interchangeable lens 2, the body CPU 311 may wait for a predetermined time sufficient to complete the drive of the aperture 26. Alternatively, it may be possible to confirm that the aperture driving has been completed on the body side by informing the body that the aperture driving has been completed by the lens.

(Modification 5)
In the above-described embodiment, the driving of the diaphragm 26 has been described as an example. However, the driven member to be driven is not limited to the diaphragm 26. For example, a driven member on the interchangeable lens side that is instructed to be driven from the camera body, such as a focusing lens for performing focus adjustment, a zoom lens that varies the focal length, and a shake correction lens that corrects image blur of a subject image. The present invention can be applied.

  As long as the characteristics of the present invention are not impaired, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and other forms conceivable within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention are also included in the scope of the present invention. .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Camera system, 2 ... Interchangeable lens, 3 ... Camera body, 20, 30 ... Holding part, 22 ... Shooting optical system, 25 ... Aperture drive part, 26 ... Aperture, 32 ... Image sensor, 211 ... Lens CPU, 212, 312 ... ROM, 311 ... Body CPU

Claims (4)

An attachment part to which the camera body is detachably attached;
A driven member whose state changes upon receiving a driving force;
A receiving unit that includes driving speed data indicating a driving speed and driving amount data indicating a driving amount, and receives driving instruction data indicating an instruction to drive the driven member at the driving speed by the driving amount from the camera body. When,
A driving unit that drives the driven member by the driving amount at the driving speed based on the driving instruction data received by the receiving unit;
The driving unit drives the driven member at a maximum speed at which the driven member can be driven when the receiving unit receives the driving instruction data including a predetermined special value as the driving speed data. interchangeable lens. The interchangeable lens according to claim 1,
The interchangeable lens, wherein the maximum speed at which the driving unit can drive the driven member varies according to at least one of a state before driving the driven member and the driving amount. . The interchangeable lens according to claim 2,
A transmission unit configured to transmit, to the camera body, information indicating the smallest maximum speed among the maximum speeds that change according to at least one of a state before the driven member is driven and the driving amount; An interchangeable lens characterized by An attachment portion to which an interchangeable lens having a driven member whose state changes upon receiving a driving force is detachably attached;
A transmission unit that includes driving speed data indicating a driving speed and driving amount data indicating a driving amount, and transmits driving instruction data indicating an instruction to drive the driven member at the driving speed by the driving amount to the interchangeable lens. When,
Information indicating the smallest maximum speed among the maximum speeds that can drive the driven member that changes in accordance with at least one of the state before driving the driven member and the driving amount is obtained from the interchangeable lens. A receiving unit for receiving,
When the transmission unit transmits the drive instruction data before the information indicating the maximum speed is received by the reception unit, the transmission unit sets the drive speed data of the drive instruction data to a predetermined special value. Camera body.

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