Editing Lens mount (section)

{{short description|Interface between a camera body and lens}}
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[[File:Bajonett manual minolta.jpg|thumb|Male mount of [[List of Minolta SR-mount lenses#2nd MC generation (1972-1975/76)|Minolta MC-Rokkor]] 58mm 1:1.4 lens with female lens mount of an [[Minolta XD-7]]]]
[[File:Lens Units sold.svg|thumb|Lenses sold per year by mount type]]
A '''lens mount''' is an interface – mechanical and often also electrical – between a photographic [[camera]] body and a lens. It is a feature of camera systems where the [[System camera|body allows interchangeable lenses]], most usually the [[rangefinder camera]], [[single lens reflex]] type, single lens mirrorless type or any [[movie camera]] of [[16 mm]] or higher [[film gauge|gauge]]. Lens mounts are also used to connect optical components in instrumentation that may not involve a camera, such as the modular components used in optical laboratory prototyping which join via [[C mount|C-mount]] or [[T-mount]] elements.