An image-capturing apparatus adapted to receive a detachable lens apparatus having a mechanical shutter includes an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject, a communication unit configured to enable communication with the lens apparatus, and a control unit configured to perform an image generating operation using a video signal supplied from the image-capturing unit. The control unit controls timing of the image generating operations performed together with a plurality of opening and closing operations of the mechanical shutter on the basis of information received via the communication unit.