Patent ID: 8094381
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic image pickup apparatus, comprising a zoom optical system comprising: a reflecting optical element for bending an optical path, a lens located on an object side with respect to said reflecting optical element, and a lens group that is located on an image side with respect to said reflecting optical element and movable during zooming, and an electronic image pickup device located on an image side of said zoom optical system; wherein said reflecting optical element is relocated to receive in the resulting space vacated by the reflecting optical element said lens that is located on an object side with respect to said reflecting optical element; wherein a light ray passing through said lens located on an object side with respect to said reflecting optical element is reflected by said reflecting optical element, the light ray reflected by said reflecting optical element passing through said lens group movable during zooming, and the light ray passing through said lens group movable during zooming entering said electronic image pickup device; and wherein a direction of receiving said lens located on an object side with respect to said reflecting optical element is different from a direction of relocating said reflecting optical element.