Patent ID: 8016496
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a photographic lens; an electrical component which is arranged on an object side of the imaging apparatus; a barrier which is slidably moveable between a lens protecting position for protecting the photographic lens and a lens exposing position for exposing the photographic lens in a state ready for image capture; and a barrier retraction space into which the barrier is retracted in case where the barrier is at the lens exposing position, wherein the lens protecting position is located closer to an object side of the imaging apparatus than the lens exposing position, wherein the barrier retraction space is located at the lower side of the photographic lens, wherein the electrical component is arranged on the object side of the lens barrier retraction space, and wherein the electrical component and the barrier retraction space are arranged in a direction of an optical axis of the photographic lens.