Patent ID: 9635264
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a front lens group which constitutes part of an imaging optical system of said imaging apparatus and includes at least one front lens element and a reflector, in that order from an object side, wherein said reflector includes a reflection surface which reflects light rays, exiting from said front lens element, toward a different direction, and wherein said imaging apparatus performs an image-stabilizing operation by driving said front lens element in response to vibrations applied to said imaging optical system in order to reduce image shake on said image plane; at least one rear lens group which constitutes another part of said imaging optical system and is positioned closer to an image plane than said front lens group; a movable frame which holds said front lens element; a support member which supports at least said reflector and is immovable relative to an optical axis of said front lens element in a reference state in which said imaging apparatus does not drive said front lens element when said image-stabilizing operation is not performed; and a support mechanism which supports said movable frame in a manner to allow said movable frame to spherically swing along an imaginary spherical surface about a spherical-swinging center which is positioned on an extension of said optical axis, of said front lens element, extending behind an underside of said reflection surface of said reflector.