Abstract: There is provided with an image pickup apparatus including a detection unit configured to perform a flicker detection operation to detect flicker based on a plurality of images captured by an image sensor, and a control unit configured to control the image sensor based on detected flicker information. The detection unit configured to perform first detection of the flicker detection operation at a time that is different from a time at which an image pickup preparation instruction is received and different from a time at which an image pickup instruction is received whilst live view images are displayed. In the case that a flicker is detected in the first detection, the control unit configured to control exposure of the image sensor in a charge accumulation period to reduce an influence of the flicker for live view display on display means after the first detection.

Abstract: A fixing device has a heating member, a pressing member, a pressurizing mechanism pressing the pressing member against the heating member and a pressing force changing mechanism changing the pressing force of the pressing member against the heating member. The pressing force changing mechanism has an electrically conductive rotation shaft arranged opposite the surface of the pressing member across a predetermined interval, and a pressing force changing member provided at an end part of the rotation shaft and rotating about the rotation shaft to change the pressing force of the pressurizing mechanism. The rotation shaft has a static elimination sheet for eliminating electrical charge from the surface of the pressing member.

Abstract: A fixing device has a heating member, a pressing member, a pressurizing mechanism pressing the pressing member against the heating member and a pressing force changing mechanism changing the pressing force of the pressing member against the heating member. The pressing force changing mechanism has an electrically conductive rotation shaft arranged opposite the surface of the pressing member across a predetermined interval, and a pressing force changing member provided at an end part of the rotation shaft and rotating about the rotation shaft to change the pressing force of the pressurizing mechanism. The rotation shaft has a static elimination sheet for eliminating electrical charge from the surface of the pressing member.

Abstract: An image reading device includes: a housing, a document loading surface, a reading unit, a first through hole, a second through hole, an insertion member, and a first member. The first through hole is provided in a manner such as to be pierced through the housing. The second through hole is provided oppositely to the first through hole in a manner such as to be pierced through the reading unit located at a predefined place. When being inserted in the first through hole and the second through hole, the insertion member stops movement of the reading unit in a horizontal direction and fixes the reading unit in the housing. The first member closes the first through hole and has a shape deforming in accordance with the insertion of the insertion member in the first through hole and the second through hole.

Abstract: An image reading device includes: a housing, a document loading surface, a reading unit, a first through hole, a second through hole, an insertion member, and a first member. The first through hole is provided in a manner such as to be pierced through the housing. The second through hole is provided oppositely to the first through hole in a manner such as to be pierced through the reading unit located at a predefined place. When being inserted in the first through hole and the second through hole, the insertion member stops movement of the reading unit in a horizontal direction and fixes the reading unit in the housing. The first member closes the first through hole and has a shape deforming in accordance with the insertion of the insertion member in the first through hole and the second through hole.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which is capable of improving ease of operation for a photographer in bounce flash photography. The image pickup apparatus is able to be equipped with an illumination apparatus having a light emitter and has an operating portion for causing light from the light emitter to be reflected by a reflector to illuminate a subject. It is judged whether or not a first mode in which in response to operation on the operating portion, light from the light emitter to be reflected by the reflector to illuminate the subject is set as an operating mode of the illumination apparatus. According to whether or not the illumination apparatus is placed in the first mode, different types of control are provided when the operating portion is operated.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a light emission unit configured to be able to move to light emission and non-light emission positions, an operation unit operable by a user, and a display control unit configured to display a setting screen related to the light emission unit, in which the first light emission unit is configured to move from the non-light emission position to the light emission position upon operation of the operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the non-light emission position and configured not to move from the light emission position to the non-light emission position upon operation of the operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the light emission position, and the display control unit is configured to display the first setting screen upon operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the light emission position.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a light emission unit configured to be able to move to light emission and non-light emission positions, an operation unit operable by a user, and a display control unit configured to display a setting screen related to the light emission unit, in which the first light emission unit is configured to move from the non-light emission position to the light emission position upon operation of the operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the non-light emission position and configured not to move from the light emission position to the non-light emission position upon operation of the operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the light emission position, and the display control unit is configured to display the first setting screen upon operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the light emission position.

Abstract: An image reading device according to the present disclosure includes a support plate, a CCD sensor, an insulating member, a CCD mounting board and an elastic member. The CCD sensor is arranged on one surface of the support plate. The insulating member is arranged on the other surface of the support plate. The elastic member fixes the CCD mounting board to the support plate. The elastic member includes: a main body portion; a first arm and a second arm which are bent with respect to the main body portion and which have a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion that are engaged with the edges of the support plate; and a protrusion portion which is provided in the main body portion and which presses the CCD mounting board toward the support plate. The tip end portion of the first arm is bent at an acute angle.

Abstract: An image reading device according to the present disclosure includes a support plate, a CCD sensor, an insulating member, a CCD mounting board and an elastic member. The CCD sensor is arranged on one surface of the support plate. The insulating member is arranged on the other surface of the support plate. The elastic member fixes the CCD mounting board to the support plate. The elastic member includes: a main body portion; a first arm and a second arm which are bent with respect to the main body portion and which have a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion that are engaged with the edges of the support plate; and a protrusion portion which is provided in the main body portion and which presses the CCD mounting board toward the support plate. The tip end portion of the first arm is bent at an acute angle.

Abstract: A communication apparatus which is capable of, when remotely instructing an image pickup apparatus to execute a shooting operation, instructing execution of a shooting operation using a suitable method. A first sending unit sends a first signal for instructing execution of a shooting operation to a mounted image pickup apparatus via a cable connected to the mounted image pickup apparatus. A second sending unit sends a second signal for instructing execution of the shooting operation to the mounted image pickup apparatus via a signal terminal that is electrically connected to a terminal provided in an accessory shoe of the mounted image pickup apparatus. A control unit controls the first and second sending units so that, when execution of the shooting operation is instructed, a signal to be sent to the mounted image pickup apparatus is switched between the first signal and the second signal.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus on which an interchangeable lens is removably mounted, includes an image pickup element configured to perform a photoelectric conversion of an optical image formed via the interchangeable lens, and a controller configured to control a power supply to the interchangeable lens mounted on the image pickup apparatus. When the mounted interchangeable lens is a first type interchangeable lens and a power is turned off, the controller performs an aperture control so as to change a first aperture state set in the interchangeable lens to a second aperture state and then stops the power supply to the interchangeable lens. When the mounted interchangeable lens is a second type interchangeable lens and the power is turned off, the controller maintains the power supply differently from a case where the mounted interchangeable lens is the first type interchangeable lens.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a light emission unit configured to be able to move to light emission and non-light emission positions, an operation unit operable by a user, and a display control unit configured to display a setting screen related to the light emission unit, in which the first light emission unit is configured to move from the non-light emission position to the light emission position upon operation of the operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the non-light emission position and configured not to move from the light emission position to the non-light emission position upon operation of the operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the light emission position, and the display control unit is configured to display the first setting screen upon operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the light emission position.

Abstract: In a camera system having an interchangeable lens and a camera body, a lens controller and a camera controller conduct timely change between a first communication method for a video shooting mode and a second communication method for a still-image shooting mode, and reciprocally communicated via a contact unit. The camera controller acquires time information in advance by an initial communication with the lens controller, and upon changeover from the first communication method to the second communication method, it interrupts communication after request information for changeover of the communication methods is transmitted to the lens controller, and initiates communication in the second communication method after elapse of a transition time indicated by time information. Upon changeover from the second communication method to the first communication method, the camera controller initiates communication in the first communication method after elapse of a transition time indicated by the time information.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus on which an interchangeable lens is removably mounted, includes an image pickup element configured to perform a photoelectric conversion of an optical image formed via the interchangeable lens, and a controller configured to control a power supply to the interchangeable lens mounted on the image pickup apparatus. When the mounted interchangeable lens is a first type interchangeable lens and a power is turned off, the controller performs an aperture control so as to change a first aperture state set in the interchangeable lens to a second aperture state and then stops the power supply to the interchangeable lens. When the mounted interchangeable lens is a second type interchangeable lens and the power is turned off, the controller maintains the power supply differently from a case where the mounted interchangeable lens is the first type interchangeable lens.

Abstract: In a camera system having an interchangeable lens and a camera body, a lens controller and a camera controller conduct timely change between a first communication method for a video shooting mode and a second communication method for a still-image shooting mode, and reciprocally communicated via a contact unit. The camera controller acquires time information in advance by an initial communication with the lens controller, and upon changeover from the first communication method to the second communication method, it interrupts communication after request information for changeover of the communication methods is transmitted to the lens controller, and initiates communication in the second communication method after elapse of a transition time indicated by time information. Upon changeover from the second communication method to the first communication method, the camera controller initiates communication in the first communication method after elapse of a transition time indicated by the time information.