摘要 |
A cleaning attachment for removing dust stuck to a surface of an image pickup device in a camera body of a digital camera using an interchangeable lens capable of being detachably attached to a mount portion of the camera body, the cleaning attachment includes a mount portion detachably attached to the mount portion of the camera body; a facing member facing the surface of the image pickup device; a radial-air-passage forming surface, formed on a rear surface of the facing member to extend parallel to the image pickup device, for forming a radial air passage between the radial-air-passage forming surface and the image pickup device, the radial air passage extending orthogonally to an optical axis of the camera; a suction port formed in the radial-air-passage forming surface; and a suction device for producing a flow of air into the suction port through the radial air passage.
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